The ACLU of Colorado filed a request on May 24, 2006, for the PUC to investigate whether local phone companies have shared customers' phone records with the NSA. In addition, the ACLU sent a letter to Colorado Attorney General John Suthers asking him to investigate the phone companies' possible violation of the Colorado Consumer Protection Act. The PUC refused to investigate, citing the Department of Justice's motion to dismiss a similar case in New Jersey on "state secrets" grounds. After the action received a lot of publicity and the ACLU delivered 1,800 petitions to the PUC in August, the commission said it will "defer" an investigation until the Hepting case is decided. The attorney general has given no formal response. Learn more >> These organizations have joined the ACLU in filing Freedom of Information Act requests for documents on surveillance of group activities:

• Rocky Mountain Animal Defense
  
• Denver Justice and Peace Committee, Inc.
  
• Colorado Campaign for Middle East Peace
  
• Chiapas Coalition
  
• End the Politics of Cruelty
  
• The Human Bean Company
  
• American Indian Movement of Colorado
  
• Ancient Forest Rescue
  
• Transform Columbus Day
  
• Dandelion Center
  
• Creative Resistance
  
• Citizens for Peace in Space
  
• Denver Cop Watch
  
• Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center