Yesterday's ruling on NSA warrantless eavesdropping

Salon by Glenn Greenwald | Jul. 7, 2007 (Opinion)

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday, by a 2-1 decision, vacated last August's Order of the Order from District Court Judge Anna Diggs Taylor which enjoined the Bush administration from eavesdropping without warrants. Judge Taylor had found that the President's NSA warrantless eavesdropping program violates both the Constitution as well as federal law (FISA). Full Story »

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by Jack Dinkmeyer - Oct. 1, 2008

An excellent article which clarifies the vacating of the governments warrantless eavesdropping program. Although the mainstream media seem to imply the court ruled on the legality of the administration's eavesdropping, turns out the ruling concerned only the plaintiffs legal right to sue. So even though the administration continues its extraordinary efforts to obstruct judicial review, the legality of its eavesdropping program is still in question.