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thestickman
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Ran across this a while ago. IMO, it pretty much settles this whole NSA nonsense.
Nov. 18, 2002, 5:30pm EST
COURT UPHOLDS EXPANDED U.S. WIRETAPPING POWERS
A federal appeals court ruled Monday that the U.S. government has an expanded authority to use wiretaps and other surveillance techniques in its efforts to track suspected terrorists.
The court’s ruling said that expanded powers to wiretap those suspected in foreign terrorist operations – including U.S. citizens – outlined in the U.S.A. Patriot Act do not violate the Constitution.
The ruling, made by a select panel from the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, overturns a decision limiting the government’s surveillance authority by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court – a top secret body created in 1978 to review the attorney general’s requests to authorize electronic surveillance to obtain foreign intelligence information.
Nov. 18, 2002, 5:30pm EST
COURT UPHOLDS EXPANDED U.S. WIRETAPPING POWERS
A federal appeals court ruled Monday that the U.S. government has an expanded authority to use wiretaps and other surveillance techniques in its efforts to track suspected terrorists.
The court’s ruling said that expanded powers to wiretap those suspected in foreign terrorist operations – including U.S. citizens – outlined in the U.S.A. Patriot Act do not violate the Constitution.
The ruling, made by a select panel from the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, overturns a decision limiting the government’s surveillance authority by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court – a top secret body created in 1978 to review the attorney general’s requests to authorize electronic surveillance to obtain foreign intelligence information.