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Government Wiretapping Went Beyond the Law

Posted By Sheldon Richman

“The National Security Agency intercepted private e-mail messages and phone calls of Americans in recent months on a scale that went beyond the broad legal limits established by Congress last year, government officials said in recent interviews.” (New York Times ^[1], Thursday)

Yet they expect us to trust them.

FEE Timely Classic
“Wartime Executive Power: Are Warrantless Wiretaps Legal?” ^[2] by Robert A. Levy

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[1] New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/16/us/16nsa.html?hp

[2] “Wartime Executive Power: Are Warrantless Wiretaps Legal?”: http://www.thefreemanonline.org/featured/wartime-executive-power-are-warrantless-wiretaps-legal/

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