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Warrantless Eavesdropping Allowed after 9/11
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“Months after the Sept. 11 attacks, President Bush secretly authorized the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on Americans and others inside the United States to search for evidence of terrorist activity without the court-approved warrants ordinarily required for domestic spying, according to government officials.” (New York Times [1], Friday)
Who protects us from our protectors?
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“Ignoring Real Privacy Problems” [2] by James Plummer
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[1] New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/16/politics/16program.html?hpamp;ex=1134795600amp;en=c7596fe0d4798785amp;ei=5094amp;partner=homepage
[2] “Ignoring Real Privacy Problems”: http://www.fee.org/publications/the-freeman/article.asp?aid=2805
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