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The Justice Department's Litigation Security Group and Its Ethics Violations in the Al-Haramain Case

One of the most viable challenges to the Bush Administration's warrantless wiretapping program is a lawsuit brought in federal court in Oregon by an Islamic charity,the Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation, that alleges that it was subject to secret surveillance. In this case, unlike in the other National Security Agency (NSA) cases, the plaintiffs can demonstrate that the government actually listened to their conversations. That's because, as the Treasury Department was preparing to freeze the organization's assets, it inadvertently sent Al-Haramain attorneys an NSA log, classified as "Top Secret," of intercepted calls. The case involves the controversial and much-discussed "state secrets ...
Published Wednesday, May 07, 2008 8:00 PM by FindLaw Writ - Recent Articles

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