Appeals Court Allows Classified Evidence in Spy Case
By David Kravets, Wired News
A federal appeals court dealt a blow to the Obama administration Friday when it refused to block a judge from admitting top secret evidence in a lawsuit weighing whether a U.S. president may bypass Congress, as President George W. Bush did, and establish a program of eavesdropping on Americans without warrants...
The Electronic Frontier Foundation claims the TSP went further, and accuses the nations' telecommunication companies of funneling all electronic communications to the National Security Agency without warrants. However, as part of the spy bill approved in July, the government immunized the telcos from lawsuits accusing them of being complicit with the Bush administration.
Related Issues: NSA Spying
Related Cases: Al Haramain v. Bush, Hepting v. AT&T, NSA Multi-District Litigation
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