Judge Favors Constitution on NSA Wiretaps

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Not a common thing these days, but a Federal judge ruled against the federal government on NSA wiretaps. From The New York Times:

WASHINGTON – A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the National Security Agency’s program of surveillance without warrants was illegal, rejecting the Obama administration’s effort to keep shrouded in secrecy one of the most disputed counterterrorism policies of former President George W. Bush….

The ruling by Judge Walker, the chief judge of the Federal District Court in San Francisco, rejected the Justice Department’s claim – first asserted by the Bush administration and continued under President Obama – that the charity’s lawsuit should be dismissed without a ruling on the merits because allowing it to go forward could reveal state secrets….

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This entry was posted on Friday, April 2nd, 2010 at 6:55 am. It is filed under Judiciary, Law and tagged with Courts, NSA, Privacy, Spying, Wiretapping. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.