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Court Strikes Down Warrantless Surveillance
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A federal judge in Detroit ruled yesterday that the National Security Agency's warrantless surveillance program is unconstitutional, delivering the first decision that the Bush administration's effort to monitor communications without court oversight runs afoul of the Bill of Rights and federal law. (Washington Post [1], Friday)
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Rights Without Exception [2] by Jeff Snyder
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[1] Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/17/AR2006081700650.html
[2] Rights Without Exception: http://www.fee.org/publications/the-freeman/article.asp?aid=3130
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