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avram ([personal profile] avram) wrote in [personal profile] solarbird 2006-05-12 04:16 pm (UTC)

What law was broken?

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, specifically Title 50, Chapter 36, Subchapter 1, Section 1802(a)(1)(B): "Notwithstanding any other law, the President, through the Attorney General, may authorize electronic surveillance without a court order under this subchapter to acquire foreign intelligence information for periods of up to one year if the Attorney General certifies in writing under oath that [...] there is no substantial likelihood that the surveillance will acquire the contents of any communication to which a United States person is a party".

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