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Did wiretap laws put soldiers at risk?
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:11:53 -0400
This sounds like a made for Congress event . It may have happened but the timing suggests PR.
Begin forwarded message: From: h_bray () globe com Date: October 15, 2007 11:43:08 AM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: Did wiretap laws put soldiers at risk? An interesting story from the New York Post:http://www.nypost.com/seven/10152007/news/nationalnews/ wire_law_failed__lost_gi.htm
Quote:"U.S. intelligence officials got mired for nearly 10 hours seeking approval to use wiretaps against al Qaeda terrorists suspected of kidnapping Queens
soldier Alex Jimenez in Iraq earlier this year, The Post has learned.This week, Congress plans to vote on a bill that leaves in place the legal hurdles in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act - problems that were highlighted during the May search for a group of kidnapped U.S. soldiers.
In the early hours of May 12, seven U.S. soldiers - including Spc. Jimenez
- were on lookout near a patrol base in the al Qaeda-controlled area of Iraq called the "Triangle of Death."Sometime before dawn, heavily armed al Qaeda gunmen quietly cut through the tangles of concertina wire surrounding the outpost of two Humvees and made
a massive and coordinated surprise attack. Four of the soldiers were killed on the spot and three others were taken hostage. A search to rescue the men was quickly launched. But it soon ground to a halt as lawyers - obeying strict U.S. laws about surveillance - cobbled together the legal grounds for wiretapping the suspected kidnappers." <snip> Hiawatha Bray ------------------------------------------- Archives: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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