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Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Secret Activities Go Beyond Warrantless Wiretaps


The Bush administration's chief intelligence official said yesterday that President Bush authorized a series of secret surveillance activities under a single executive order in late 2001. The disclosure makes clear that a controversial National Security Agency program was part of a much broader operation than the president previously described. (Washington Post, Wednesday

Open government.

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