August 17, 2007
Feds Face Tough Questioning in Spy Case
SAN FRANCISCO -- Government lawyers faced tough questioning from an appeals court asked to toss out two legal challenges to a Bush administration anti-terror program that allowed government spies to eavesdrop on Americans without warrants. Deputy U.S. Solicitor General Greg Garre said the government will be forced to reveal sensitive "state secrets" if the two lawsuits are allowed to proceed and it has to defend itself in court. But in a case involving AT&T Inc. (ATT), a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals raised concerns Wednesday about the government's seemingly unchecked authority to eavesdrop on terrorist suspects with little judicial oversight. Full story...Latest Freedom Headlines:
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