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Scary Stuff: Secret Court OKs Broad Wiretap Powers
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 06:15:12 -0500
------ Forwarded Message 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. --SNIP-- http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20021118/ts_nm/attack_surv eillance_dc <http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20021118/ts_nm/attack _surveillance_dc> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- geoff.goodfellow () iconia com * Prague - CZ * telephone +420 603 706 558 "success is getting what you want & happiness is wanting what you get" http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/01/biztech/articles/17drop.html <http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/01/biztech/articles/17drop.html> http://www.tapsns.com/members-bio/geoff-goodfellow.shtml <http://www.tapsns.com/members-bio/geoff-goodfellow.shtml> ------ End of Forwarded Message ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To unsubscribe or update your address, click http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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