Domestic Spying Program to Get Judicial Oversight

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday January 17, 2007 @11:32AM from the who-watches-the-watchmen dept.

Alchemist253 writes "The U.S. Justice Department has consented to court oversight (albeit via a secret court) of the controversial domestic wiretapping program (the "Terrorist Surveillance Program") previously discussed at length on Slashdot. From the article, "[oversight] authority has been given to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court and [it] already has approved one request for monitoring the communications of a person believed to be linked to al Qaeda or an associated terror group.""

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Re:So it was 100% legal before ... by finity · 2007-01-17 13:34 · Score: 0, Offtopic

The trolls live under bridges and only come out when it is easy to nab a victim...
Re:SECRET Court by iminplaya · 2007-01-17 13:37 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Or under the present regime, simply moronic. Oxy is for pimples.

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Re:I spy with my little eye... by iminplaya · 2007-01-17 18:25 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Oh, that's cool. And the super-duper instaquickynet showed me in seconds just how high that one flew overhead.

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