[privacy] Deletions in U.S. Army Manual Raise Wiretapping Concerns

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via The New York Times.

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Deep into an updated Army manual, the deletion of 10 words has left some
national security experts wondering whether government lawyers are again
asserting the executive branch’s right to wiretap Americans without a
court warrant.

The manual, described by the Army as a “major revision” to
intelligence-gathering guidelines, addresses policies and procedures for
wiretapping Americans, among other issues.

The original guidelines, from 1984, said the Army could seek to wiretap
people inside the United States on an emergency basis by going to the
secret court set up by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, known as
FISA, or by obtaining certification from the attorney general “issued
under the authority of section 102(a) of the Act.”

That last phrase is missing from the latest manual, which says simply that
the Army can seek emergency wiretapping authority pursuant to an order
issued by the FISA court “or upon attorney general authorization.” It
makes no mention of the attorney general doing so under FISA.

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More:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/14/washington/14spyside.html

- - ferg

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