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Federal judge orders end to wiretap program
Says governments listening in without warrant is unconstitutional
BREAKING NEWS
The Associated Press
Updated: 12:09 a.m. ET Aug 17, 2006
DETROIT - A federal judge ruled Thursday that the government's
warrantless wiretapping program is unconstitutional and ordered an
immediate halt to it.
U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor in Detroit became the first judge
to strike down the National Security Agency's program, which she says
violates the rights to free speech and privacy.
The American Civil Liberties Union filed the lawsuit on behalf of
journalists, scholars and lawyers who say the program has made it
difficult for them to do their jobs.
The government argued that the program is well within the president's
authority, but said proving that would require revealing state secrets.
The ACLU said the state-secrets argument was irrelevant because the Bush
administration already had publicly revealed enough information about the
program for Taylor to rule.
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