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"Intelligence Court Rules Wiretapping Power Legal"

"Intelligence Court Rules Wiretapping Power Legal": Eric Lichtblau of The New York Times has a news update that begins, "A federal intelligence court, in a rare public opinion, is expected to issue a major ruling validating the power of the president and Congress to wiretap international phone calls and intercept e-mail messages without a court order, even when Americans' private communications may be involved, according to a person with knowledge of the opinion."

Update: You can now access online the redacted opinion (for alternate download source click here) and the order (for alternate download source click here) making the opinion public. Senior First Circuit Judge Bruce M. Selya, in his capacity as Chief Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review, is the author of the opinion.

Full post as published by How Appealing on January 15, 2009 (boomark / email).