The program was hugely controversial when Bush acknowledged its existence in 2005. Critics said the program violated the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, a 1978 law passed to rein in the wiretapping abuses of the Watergate era.
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- In acknowledging the message was true, President Bush took aim at the messenger Saturday, saying that a newspaper jeopardized national security by revealing that he authorized wiretaps on U.S. ... The court is set up specifically to issue warrants allowing wiretapping on domestic soil.
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Otherwise, every phone and computer in America should now come with a warning label: Warning: the privacy of your communications can no longer be guaranteed, by order of President Bush.
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In a court hearing Tuesday, lawyers for the Obama administration defended a warrantless wiretapping program implemented by former President George W. Bush.. ... "Obama Administration Defends Bush Wiretapping" Comments...
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In a significant vindication for President Bush, a judge who co-authored the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act said Tuesday that the president was duly authorized under the Constitution to order the wiretapping of suspected terrorists - without getting a warrant from the FISA Court.
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President Bush mounted a forceful defense today of his administration's controversial domestic wiretapping program, saying it was both legal and a necessary component of the war on terror.
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Conservative scholars Bruce Fein and Norm Ornstein argued yesterday on The Diane Rehm show that, should Bush remain defiant in defending his constitutionally-abusive wire-tapping of Americans (as he has indicated he will), ... 221 Responses to “Conservative Scholars Argue Bush’s Wiretapping Is An Impeachable Offense”...
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Lawyers from the U.S. Department of Justice and the Electronic Frontier Foundation squared off in a San Francisco courtroom Wednesday over a warrantless wiretapping program instituted by the Bush administration. ... The EFF argues that this warrantless wiretapping is illegal, ... While campaigning against President George W. Bush,
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Bush's Wiretapping Distortion - The Huffington Post ... Besides being illegal, Bush's domestic wiretapping program was -- and is -- unnecessary in protecting America from terrorism. This raises questions about the White House's motives for implementing such a program.
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In his State of the Union address, President Bush highlighted the case of 9/11 hijackers Khalid Al-Midhar and Salem Al-Hazmi to make the case for his so-called "terrorist surveillance program," which is actually a domestic wiretapping program which may have been used against ordinary Americans. ... The point is,
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