Ex-Surveillance Judge Criticizes Warrantless Taps
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A federal judge who used to authorize wiretaps in terrorism and espionage cases criticized yesterday President Bush's decision to order warrantless surveillance after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
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A federal judge said that tribunals like the one the suspect is facing are contrary to principles of American justice.
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A federal judge said investigators must have a courtâs approval before they can order Internet providers to turn over records without telling customers.
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The judge also said preliminary issues might keep him from ever deciding the question of whether the N.S.A. surveillance program was lawful.
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But you can trust me The judge who used to sit in charge of the American star chamber secret court issuing surveillance warrants says that his organisation should not have been sidestepped by the Bush administration in the wake of 9/11.â¦
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A federal judge in New York struck down one of the Bush administration&#39;s new surveillance powers yesterday, ruling that a USA Patriot Act provision
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The former head of pipeline   inspections for BP Plc.'s BP.L Alaska unit asserted his   Constitutional right to avoid testifying before the U.S.   Congress because of "potential criminal exposure," according to   a letter from his attorney released on Friday.
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A federal judge struck down parts of the revised USA Patriot Act on Thursday, saying investigators must have a court's approval before they can order Internet providers to turn over records without telling customers.
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Judges say they worry about witnesses who may be identified on WhosaRat.com, a clearinghouse for mug shots and court papers.
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A U.S. judge deciding if the CIA should be held in contempt for destroying video tapes of interrogations of suspected Islamist militants said on Thursday he believed the court had been deceived by the agency.
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The government can continue to use its warrantless domestic wiretap program pending the Justice Department's appeal of a federal judge's ruling outlawing the program, an Appeals Court in Cincinnati ruled on Wednesday.
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A federal judge in New York ruled that a key component of the USA Patriot Act is unconstitutional because it allows the FBI to demand information from Internet service providers without judicial oversight or public review.
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A federal appeals court removed a serious legal challenge to the Bush administration's warrantless wiretapping program yesterday, overruling the only judge who held that a controversial surveillance effort by the National Security Agency was unconstitutional.
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A federal judge ruled yesterday that a portion of the Patriot Act is unconstitutional, the first time one of the anti-terrorism law&#39;s police surveillance provisions has been struck down.
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A federal judge said he was considering questioning C.I.A. officials who watched tapes, later destroyed, of harsh interrogations.
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A federal judge ruled Wednesday that a part of the US Patriot Act that allows the FBI to demand company records from businesses without court approval is unconstitutional.
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A judge ordered the Bush administration   on Thursday to stop a domestic wiretap program it says protects   Americans from terrorism but which the judge said violated   their civil rights.