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    Detroit Fed. Judge rules NSA's Wiretapping unconsitutional

    NSA eavesdropping program ruled unconstitutional

    Judge orders immediate halt to program

    Thursday, August 17, 2006; Posted: 12:14 p.m. EDT (16:14 GMT)

    DETROIT, Michigan (AP) -- A federal judge ruled Thursday that the government's warrantless wiretapping program is unconstitutional and ordered an immediate halt to it.

    U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor in Detroit became the first judge to strike down the National Security Agency's program, which she says violates the rights to free speech and privacy.

    The American Civil Liberties Union filed the lawsuit on behalf of journalists, scholars and lawyers who say the program has made it difficult for them to do their jobs. They believe many of their overseas contacts are likely targets of the program, which involves secretly taping conversations between people in the U.S. and people in other countries.

    The government argued that the program is well within the president's authority, but said proving that would require revealing state secrets.
    The ACLU said the state-secrets argument was irrelevant because the Bush administration already had publicly revealed enough information about the program for Taylor to rule.
    http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/08/....ap/index.html

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    http://www.mied.uscourts.gov/eGov/ta...06%2010204.pdf

    is the actual text of the judgement, for those not content with soundbyte journalism.

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