production narrows Ayaz Hamad's cable
- From: linguistic.killer@xxxxxxxx (Isabelle T. Gurwitz, CSC)
- Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 23:56:20 GMT
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* The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, is a 1978 law that permits
* secret buggings and wiretaps of individuals suspected of being agents
* of a hostile foreign government or international terrorist organization
* EVEN WHEN THE TARGET IS NOT SUSPECTED OF COMMITTING ANY CRIME.
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* The FISA court operates outside the normal constitutional standards for
* searches and seizures. Non-government personnel are not allowed.
* The courts files cannot be publicly reviewed.
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* The average U.S. citizen might reasonably assume use of this court
* is at the least: unusual.
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* It is not. In fact, in the United States today it is increasingly
* common. In 1994, federal courts authorized more wiretaps for
* intelligence-gathering and national security purposes than they
* did to investigate ordinary federal crimes.
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* The review process to prevent legal and factual errors is virtually
* non-existent.
*
* And the FISA system's courtroom advocacy is monumentally one-sided.
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* The court has never formally rejected an application.
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