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Article: Power play.(Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review ruling on U.S.A. Patriot Act)(Brief Article)
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- U.S. News & World Report
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- December 2, 2002
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A secret federal appeals court last week gave the Justice Department broad discretion to use wiretaps and other surveillance techniques to track suspected terrorists and spies. The special three-judge Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review, overturning a lower court ruling, said the U.S.A. Patriot Act--passed after 9/11--also allows intelligence officials and prosecutors to share information in ongoing terrorism and spy cases. Civil libertarians slammed the ruling, saying it opened the door ...
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