FBI spying Internet and e-mails
Date: September 08, 2007Source: vnunet.com
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Judge Victor Marrero, of the District of Columbia, determined that the rules under the Patriot Act that allowed the FBI to secretly request telephone, internet and email logs without applying for a warrant were barred by the constitution.
The Patriot Act was passed 43 days after the terrorist attacks in the US on 11 September 2001.
Judge Marrero found that the practice offended constitutional principles of checks and balances, and violated the guarantee of free speech.
In a 24-page summation the judge concluded that the government would also have to hand over evidence requested on under the Freedom of Information act or explain why it would not.
The case was brought by the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Security Archive and the Electronic Privacy Information Center.
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