Eavesdropping case gains steam
National security: - A judge gives a defunct Oregon charity the go-ahead on a lawsuit over private conversations
Friday, September 08, 2006
ASHBEL S. GREEN
A Portland-based federal judge on Thursday refused to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the Terrorist Surveillance Program -- just as President Bush was urging Congress to authorize it.
U.S. District Judge Garr M. King ruled that a lawsuit by an Oregon-based Islamic charity could go forward without revealing state secrets, rebuffing the government's attempt to dispose of the case swiftly.
King left for another day the ultimate question: Does the warrantless eavesdropping program, administered by the National Security Agency and authorized by Bush after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, violate the law?
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