Congress may have caved on FISA, but the civil liberties watchdogs at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) are not giving up without a fight, and they aim to have their day in court, filing suit on behalf of AT&T customers and asking that the warrantless wiretapping program be declared a violation of their constitutional rights.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a lawsuit against the National Security Agency (NSA) and other government agencies today on behalf of AT&T customers to stop the illegal, unconstitutional, and ongoing dragnet surveillance of their communications and communications records. The five individual plaintiffs are also suing President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Cheney's chief of staff David Addington, former Attorney General and White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales and other individuals who ordered or participated in the warrantless domestic surveillance.

The lawsuit, Jewel v. NSA, is aimed at ending the NSA's dragnet surveillance of millions of ordinary Americans and holding accountable the government officials who illegally authorized it.
— Via EFF press release

It does make me smile to see Bush and Cheney's names in a list of defendants. I could get used to that.

Copyfightin' Cory Doctorow (author of Little Brother) covers it in BoingBoing and sez it true:

YEEEEEE-HAW! Ride 'em cowboys! I could not be prouder of EFF at this moment -- I'm bursting with joy. I made a five-figure donation to EFF this year, and they've just earned every penny. If you want to see them take this administration to the mat, kick in a buck or two yourself.
— Via BoingBoing

Indeed. I am a card-carrying member. You can join the fight for your electronic civil liberties here.