Judge Rejects a Key Tactic in Terror Cases - NYTimes.com

WASHINGTON — In a ruling that threw into doubt one of the government’s main counterterrorism tools, a federal judge said the Treasury Department acted unconstitutionally three years ago when it froze the assets of an Ohio charity suspected of aiding terrorists.

The ruling challenged a key tactic used by the government under an emergency executive order signed by President George W. Bush two weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks. If upheld, the ... Full Story »

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by Samuel W. Velsor IV - Aug. 20, 2009

What could turn into being a major court item that has started in the lower court the the New York TImes added to its terrorism email alert. Knowing of the little things is why news is important. Thanks for Email Alerts.

At the least this has lit a fuse on the none use of warrants to make seizures by the administrations. Further is that the justice used the specific word unconstitutional.

The ruling was issued late Tuesday by James G. Carr, the chief federal judge in northern Ohio. Judge Carr set a hearing in September to determine how to correct what he said were constitutional flaws in the government’s case.

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