Feds Urge Dismissal of High-Profile Spy Case

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The Obama administration is urging a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit weighing whether a sitting U.S. president may lawfully create a spying program to eavesdrop on Americans’ electronic communications without warrants or congressional authorization. The nearly 5-year-old case, having a tortured procedural history, is the furthest along in challenging the Bush administration’s warrantless, Terror Surveillance Program adopted in the wake of the September 11 terror attacks.