[privacy] Judge Rules Part of Patriot Act Unconstitutional

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via MSNBC (AP).

[snip]

Two provisions of the USA Patriot Act are unconstitutional because they
allow search warrants to be issued without a showing of probable cause, a
federal judge ruled Wednesday.

U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken ruled that the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act, as amended by the Patriot Act, "now permits the executive
branch of government to conduct surveillance and searches of American
citizens without satisfying the probable cause requirements of the Fourth
Amendment."

Portland attorney Brandon Mayfield sought the ruling in a lawsuit against
the federal government after he was mistakenly linked by the FBI to the
Madrid train bombings that killed 191 people in 2004.

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More:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20999950/

- - ferg

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