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Feds Say ‘Dragnet’ Surveillance Lawsuit Threatens Security

SAN FRANCISCO – Citing the state secrets privilege and other legal claims, the Obama administration urged a federal judge here Wednesday to dismiss a lawsuit claiming Americans’ electronic communications are being siphoned to the National Security Agency without warrants. During a two-hour hearing, a top-ranking Justice Department litigator declined to confirm or deny the existence of what the Electronic Frontier Foundation described in its lawsuit as ongoing “dragnet” surveillance, which the EFF hopes the lawsuit will stop. “President Obama inherited a number of surveillance activities,” Anthony Coppolino, special litigation counsel for the administration, told U.S.

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Thursday, July 16th, 2009 P2P News No Comments

Obama Says Government Sanctions Unwarranted in Spy Case

SAN FRANCISCO — The Obama administration refused to budge late Friday and agree to reveal state secrets in a lawsuit weighing whether a sitting president may lawfully bypass Congress and spy on Americans without warrants as President George W. Bush did following the 2001 terror attacks. In court briefs filed at nearly midnight White House time, the Justice Department was responding to a federal judge’s week-old inquiry on whether the administration should be sanctioned for “failing to obey the court’s orders” in a key National Security Administration lawsuit.

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Saturday, May 30th, 2009 P2P News No Comments

Judge Threatens Sanctions in NSA Wiretap Case

SAN FRANCISCO — The Obama administration has until Friday to convince a federal judge not to levy sanctions against the government for “failing to obey the court’s orders” in a key NSA wiretapping lawsuit. U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker is threatening (.pdf) to summarily decide the 3-year-old lawsuit in favor of the plaintiffs, and award unspecified monetary damages to two American lawyers who claim their telephone calls were illegally intercepted by the NSA under the Bush administration.

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Tuesday, May 26th, 2009 P2P News No Comments

Judge to Rule if President Can Illegally Spy on Americans

A federal judge will rule on the merits of a legal challenge weighing whether a U.S. president may bypass Congress, as President George W. Bush did, and establish a program of eavesdropping on Americans without warrants.

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Monday, April 20th, 2009 P2P News No Comments

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Feds Say ‘Dragnet’ Surveillance Lawsuit Threatens Security

Obama Says Government Sanctions Unwarranted in Spy Case

Judge Threatens Sanctions in NSA Wiretap Case

Judge to Rule if President Can Illegally Spy on Americans

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