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A Legal Setback For NSA Wiretaps
A federal court in Michigan ruled that the National Security Agency cannot keep monitoring phone calls and e-mails of Americans without first getting warrants.
An official with the American Civil Liberties Union called the decision "another nail in the coffin" of the government's legal strategy in the war on terror. But the Justice Department called the surveillance program a "critical tool" in combating terrorism and asked that the ruling be stayed pending appeal.
At Tech Daily this week, we continue our series on politics and technology, publishing multiple stories on the subject. At the top of the list was our look at the tech money flowing into campaigns.
Republican incumbents are benefiting the most from the dominant telephone and cable companies that are vying for an upper hand in the telecommunications debate. But a different picture emerged in Silicon Valley, where the top 20 donors gave either 100 percent or most of their money to Democrats.
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Posted by Technology Daily on August 18, 2006 11:52 AM | Permalink
