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Article: Statement from the Department of Justice on Today's Ruling on the Terrorist Surveillance Program
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- U.S. Newswire
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- August 17, 2006
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Statement from the
Department of Justice on today's ruling on the Terrorist Surveillance
Program:
The Terrorist Surveillance Program is a critical tool that ensures
we have in place an early warning system to detect and prevent a
terrorist attack. In the ongoing conflict with al- Qaeda and its
allies, the president has the primary duty under the Constitution to
protect the American people. The Constitution gives the president
the ...