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Article: Court's secret workload swells; A Minnesota judge is a member of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, given new powers under anti-terror laws.(NEWS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- November 6, 2001
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Byline: Michael Doyle; Staff Writer
Washington, D.C. -- RSEC:+
Minnesota Judge Michael Davis is getting busier with his work of fighting spies and terrorists.
But though Congress has just handed Davis and his colleagues new powers, don't expect the former Minneapolis public defender to start speaking up. As a member of the little-known Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, Davis keeps his mouth shut.
When the Justice Department wants to tap a suspected foreign agent's phone, or secretly send investigators to search the suspect's home, it comes to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for approval. Meeting in a ...