Scary Stuff: Secret Court OKs Broad Wiretap Powers

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: "the terminal of Geoff Goodfellow" <geoff () iconia com>
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 09:51:38 +0100
To: "Dave E-mail Pamphleteer Farber" <farber () cis upenn edu>
Subject: Scary Stuff: Secret Court OKs Broad Wiretap Powers

Secret Court OKs Broad Wiretap Powers
Mon Nov 18, 4:37 PM ET

By Deborah Charles

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a victory for the Bush administration, a secretive
appeals court Monday ruled the U.S. government has the right to use expanded
powers to wiretap terrorism suspects under a law adopted after the Sept. 11,
2001, attacks.

The ruling was a blow to civil libertarians who say the expanded powers,
which allow greater leeway in conducting electronic surveillance and in
using information obtained from the wiretaps and searches, jeopardize
constitutional rights.

In a 56-page ruling overturning a May opinion by the secret Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Court, the three-judge appeals court panel said
the Patriot Act gave the government the right to expanded powers.

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