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Monday, January 21, 2008

Warrantless Eavesdropping Said to Be Constitutional


Authority to conduct warrantless electronic surveillance comes from the Constitution and is vital to stopping foreign terrorist attacks and spies, says a Republican staff assessment of the revised Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. (Washington Times, Monday)

Not-so-strict construction.

FEE Timely Classic
Wartime Executive Power: Are Warrantless Wiretaps Legal? by Robert A. Levy