Eavesdropping within the law

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Author(s) Chicago Tribune editorial board
Source Chicago Tribune
Date August 20, 2006
URL http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0608200348aug20,0,7022468.story?coll=chi-newsopinion-hed
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Quotes-start.png "The decision was on firmer ground in ruling that this sort of surveillance must be governed by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, enacted in 1978 to regulate domestic wiretapping aimed at gathering foreign intelligence. That would require the NSA to obtain warrants." Quotes-end.png


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This item takes a mixed stance on the position Judge Taylor was right to rule program unconstitutional on the topic NSA warrantless surveillance controversy.