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Plot to use obscure words to thwart wiretaps is foiled

Plot to use obscure words to thwart wiretaps is foiled: Yesterday in The Providence (R.I.) Journal, Edward Fitzpatrick had an article headlined "Selya is named top judge on U.S. wiretap court" that begins, "A federal judge from Rhode Island, Bruce M. Selya, will soon be the top judge of a secretive federal court that hears appeals involving wiretaps of suspected spies and terrorists. Selya, a senior judge on the Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, has been a member of the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review since 2005. Now, Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts Jr. is making Selya the court's presiding judge. The designation, which Roberts signed March 27, takes effect May 19."

Full post as published by How Appealing on April 15, 2008 (boomark / email).