corner.nationalreview.com - 1/15/2009
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The New York Times reports that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review -- the specialized federal appeals court created by the 1978 FISA statute to rule on questions involving national security surveillance -- has reaffirmed that the President of the United States has inherent ...
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talkleft.com - 1/15/2009
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talkleft.com —
Eric Lichtblau reports that a FISA court has
ruled the Protect America Act, passed by the Congress...
after the Bush violations of FISA became public, constitutional: A federal intelligence court, in a rare public opinion, is expected to issue a ...
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NYTimes: FISA Court Oks Warrantless Wiretapping Law
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Just In Time For Obama
small dead animals —
Just In Time For Obama Andy McCarthy; The New York Times reports that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review — the specialized federal appeals court created by the 1978 FISA statute to rule on questions involving national security surveillance — has reaffirmed that the President of the United States has inherent constitutional authority to monitor international communications without court permission. The power exists, the court is expected to reaffirm, even when the communications of American citizens are involved. The ruling, which was classified when made ...
Too late for George Bush, and just in time for Barack Obama
TigerHawk —
Well, well. Last summer, the FISA court secretly upheld the constitutionality of the NSA's "warrantless surveillance" program, just as anti-jihadist hawks -- and the Bush administration -- long said ought to happen. The decision was ...
FISA Court and Holder rule in favor of Bush; slam Bathtub Boy
Doug Ross @ Journal —
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review — a special federal appeals court created by the 1978 FISA statute on matters of national security surveillance -- last week ruled that the President has unfettered constitutional authority to monitor international communications without court permission . In fact, the President can do so even when the communications of U.S. citizens are involved . ...
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