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Thursday, April 16, 2009

Government Wiretapping Went Beyond the Law


“The National Security Agency intercepted private e-mail messages and phone calls of Americans in recent months on a scale that went beyond the broad legal limits established by Congress last year, government officials said in recent interviews.” (New York Times, Thursday)

Yet they expect us to trust them.

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


  • Sheldon Richman is the former editor of The Freeman and a contributor to The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics. He is the author of Separating School and State: How to Liberate America's Families and thousands of articles.