Friday, August 18, 2006

NSA domestic surveillance constitutionality ruling [US DC]

"ACLU v. NSA, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Judge Anna Diggs Taylor, August 17, 2006 [rejecting the government's assertion of the state secrets privilege, holding that the Bush administration's domestic surveillance program is unconstitutional and ordering the government to immediately cease using warrantless wiretaps to intercept communications of suspected terrorists when one party to the communication is outside the US]." via the Jurist

Download the PDF full text of the opinion | Download the PDF of the judgment and permanent injunction order.

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