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Law.com: "Federal Judge Threatens DOJ Lawyers With Sanctions in Warrantless Wiretapping Case"

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Federal Judge Threatens DOJ Lawyers With Sanctions in Warrantless Wiretapping Case by Evan Hill of The Recorder on Law.com: Government lawyers trying to fend off a much-watched warrantless wiretapping case in federal court now face sanctions and the possibility of a judgment that the United States committed illegal surveillance (pdf), following an order filed on Friday by Northern District of California Chief Judge Vaughn Walker (.pdf). Walker, bringing to a head months of volleying between the government, the plaintiffs and himself, ordered Justice Department lawyers to explain why he should not essentially enter a default judgment against the government for violating the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act by spying on the Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on May 29, 2009 (boomark / email).