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Supreme Court Won't Hear ACLU Wiretap Case

Posted by kdawson on from the standing-knee-deep-in-paradox dept.

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "The US Supreme Court refused without comment the ACLU's appeal of a lower court ruling that prevented them from suing over the government's warrantless TSP program. The problem was a Catch-22: they lack legal 'standing' to sue over it because they can't prove that they were suspected terrorists, but neither can they find out who was actually suspected, because this is a matter of national security." Update: 02/20 00:17 GMT by KD : Removed an incorrect statement after a reader pointed out that, with the expiration of the Protect America Act this weekend, foreign surveillance will revert to oversight by the FISA court.

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  1. Re:Unless they fall for the trap by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    > You are being MICROattacked, from various angles, in a SOFT manner.

    Lamest. Sig. EVER.

  2. Tags by belg4mit · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why can't we see all tags for articles? I want to see how many other people were tempted to label this "stophittingyourself"

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