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ACLU Asks FISA Court to Release Orders That Led to 'Emergency' Wiretapping Legislation

Via ACLU.org.

In the first effort of its kind, the American Civil Liberties Union will today file legal papers with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) requesting that it disclose recent legal opinions discussing the scope of the government's authority to engage in secret wiretapping of Americans.

The ACLU initiated this action following Congress' passage this past weekend of the so-called "Protect America Act," a law that vastly expands the Bush administration's authority to conduct warrantless wiretapping of Americans' international phone calls and e-mails.

posted by Fergie @ 8/08/2007 12:18:00 PM