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More than three dozen lawsuits filed against some telecommunications companies were tossed out of court on Wednesday when a federal judge found the companies were allegedly taking part in the government's e-mail and telephone eavesdropping program without court approval, The Associated Press reported.Due to their alleged participation in the once-secret surveillance programs, the judge also ordered officials in Maine, New Jersey, Connecticut, Vermont and Missouri to halt their investigations...
By Peter Eisler WASHINGTON -- The Senate approved a major revision of the 30-year-old law regulating the government's electronic surveillance program Wednesday, ending a debate that threatened to freeze intelligence operations. The bill, which President Bush promised to sign, is designed to end at least 40 lawsuits against telecommunication companies that have aided the government. The Senate passed the bill, 69-28, after rejecting amendments aimed at limiting the companies' ability to...
By Christine Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. civil liberties group asked a federal judge on Tuesday to halt a contentious domestic spying program that the U.S. government argues is essential to national security. In a hearing in Manhattan federal court, lawyers for the Center for Constitutional Rights asked U.S. District Judge Gerard Lynch to stop the National Security Agency's secret telephone eavesdropping program, which was leaked to the media last year. President George W....
By Kevin Krolicki DETROIT (Reuters) - A judge ordered the Bush administration on Thursday to stop a domestic wiretap program it says protects Americans from terrorism but which the judge said violated their civil rights. The administration, buoyed by polls showing Americans back its handling of security and terrorism, appealed against the federal court ruling, saying: "We couldn't disagree more." U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor said the wiretaps under a five-year-old "Terrorist...
By Kevin Krolicki DETROIT (Reuters) - A judge ordered the Bush administration on Thursday to stop a domestic wiretap program it says protects Americans from terrorism but which the judge said violated their civil rights. The administration, buoyed by polls showing Americans back its handling of security and terrorism, appealed against the federal court ruling, saying: "We couldn't disagree more." U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor said the wiretaps under a five-year-old "Terrorist...
By Kevin Krolicki DETROIT (Reuters) - A judge ordered the Bush administration on Thursday to stop a domestic wiretap program it says protects Americans from terrorism but which the judge said violated their civil rights. The administration, buoyed by polls showing Americans back its handling of security and terrorism, appealed against the federal court ruling, saying: "We couldn't disagree more." U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor said the wiretaps under a five-year-old "Terrorist...
By Kevin Krolicki DETROIT (Reuters) - A judge ordered the Bush administration on Thursday to stop a domestic wiretap program it says protects Americans from terrorism but which the judge said violated their civil rights. The administration, buoyed by polls showing Americans back its handling of security and terrorism, appealed against the federal court ruling, saying: "We couldn't disagree more." U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor said the wiretaps under a five-year-old "Terrorist...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House "couldn't disagree more" with a federal judge's order on Thursday to halt the National Security Agency's program of domestic eavesdropping. White House spokesman Tony Snow said the Bush administration's "Terrorist Surveillance Program" is "firmly grounded in law and regularly reviewed to make sure steps are taken to protect civil liberties." "We couldn't disagree more with this ruling, and the Justice Department will seek an immediate stay of the...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday that it has appealed an order by a federal judge in Detroit to halt the National Security Agency's program of domestic eavesdropping. "Because the terrorist surveillance program is an essential tool for the intelligence community in the war on terror, the Department of Justice has appealed the District Court's order," it said in a statement, adding that the department believes the program is "lawful and protects civil...
DETROIT (Reuters) - A federal judge in Detroit on Thursday ordered the Bush administration to halt the National Security Agency's program of domestic eavesdropping, saying it violated the U.S. Constitution.The ruling was a setback for the Bush administration, which has defended the program as an essential tool in its war on terrorism.Judge Anna Diggs Taylor said the controversial practice of warrantless wiretapping known as the "Terrorist Surveillance Program" violated free speech...
