NSA eavesdropping program ruled unconstitutional

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Alice Kehoe <akehoe () zen org>
Date: August 17, 2006 12:32:36 PM EDT
To: brendan () zen org, derry <beachproducer () yahoo com>, elana () zen org,  
dave () farber net
Subject: NSA eavesdropping program ruled unconstitutional


[Dave: for IP, if you wish --AK]

full text from: http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/08/17/ 
domesticspying.lawsuit.ap/index.html
NSA eavesdropping program ruled unconstitutionalJudge orders  
immediate halt to program
DETROIT, Michigan (AP) -- A federal judge ruled Thursday that the  
government's warrantless wiretapping program is unconstitutional and  
ordered an immediate halt to it.

U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor in Detroit became the first  
judge to strike down the National Security Agency's program, which  
she says violates the rights to free speech and privacy.

The American Civil Liberties Union filed the lawsuit on behalf of  
journalists, scholars and lawyers who say the program has made it  
difficult for them to do their jobs. They believe many of their  
overseas contacts are likely targets of the program, which involves  
secretly taping conversations between people in the U.S. and people  
in other countries.

The government argued that the program is well within the president's  
authority, but said proving that would require revealing state secrets.

The ACLU said the state-secrets argument was irrelevant because the  
Bush administration already had publicly revealed enough information  
about the program for Taylor to rule.




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