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"Justice Dept. request denied in wiretapping case"

"Justice Dept. request denied in wiretapping case": In today's edition of The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko has an article that begins, "A federal judge tersely denied the Obama administration's request Friday to suspend a challenge to former President George W. Bush's wiretapping program while the administration asks an appellate court to dismiss the case. Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker of San Francisco said he would not allow the government to appeal his Jan. 5 ruling, which allowed the suit to proceed and required the Justice Department to arrange security clearances for the plaintiffs' lawyers. The clearances would enable the lawyers to examine a classified document and determine whether their client, Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation, had been wiretapped."

And at Wired.com's "Threat Level" blog, David Kravets has this related post. The court's order denying the stay can be accessed here.

Full post as published by How Appealing on February 14, 2009 (boomark / email).