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Wednesday, January 18, 2006

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Both the ACLU and the Center for Constitutional Rights have filed lawsuits against the NSA's Wiretaps Without Warrants (WWW). See the link to the article at Salon.com above.

And to put this in context, here's the words of President Bush, 20 April 2004, in Buffalo, NY; it's on the official White House site at:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/04/20040420-2.html

"Now, by the way, any time you hear the United States government talking about wiretap, it requires -- a wiretap requires a court order. Nothing has changed, by the way. When we're talking about chasing down terrorists, we're talking about getting a court order before we do so. It's important for our fellow citizens to understand, when you think Patriot Act, constitutional guarantees are in place when it comes to doing what is necessary to protect our homeland, because we value the Constitution."

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