Finally a nice slap at Big Brother

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Judge: Feds illegally wiretapped Islamic charity

Mar 31 02:27 PM US/Eastern
By PAUL ELIAS
Associated Press Writer


SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal judge in San Francisco has ruled that government investigators illegally wiretapped the phone conversations of an Islamic charity and two American lawyers without a search warrant.

U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker ruled Wednesday that the plaintiffs have provided enough evidence to show they were subjected to warrantless electronic surveillance.

At issue was a 2006 lawsuit challenging the Bush administration's so-called Terrorist Surveillance Program.

The lawsuit was filed by the Ashland, Ore. branch of the Saudi-based Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation and two American lawyers Wendell Belew and Asim Ghafoor.

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[Marokai Backbeat]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal judge in San Francisco has ruled that government investigators illegally wiretapped the phone conversations of an Islamic charity and two American lawyers without a search warrant.

Goddamn San Francisco values.

[Хahar 🤔]

Is the Nutty Ninth striking again?

[The Mikado]

Dammit, Judge Walker, where's our Perry v. Schwarzenegger ruling?

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal judge in San Francisco has ruled that government investigators illegally wiretapped the phone conversations of an Islamic charity and two American lawyers without a search warrant.

Goddamn San Francisco values.

Berkeley, on the other hand, has John Yoo, who must be quite sad.

[CultureKing]

Good.

[Senator Robert A. Taft]

Nice to see there is still some concern for personal liberties in America.