Administration seeks stay on halt to illegal spying
CBS News
09/28/06
The federal judge who struck down President Bush's warrantless surveillance program allowed the government on Thursday to continue the program another week while it seeks a further postponement from an appeals court. US Judge Anna Diggs Taylor ruled on Aug. 17 that the program, which targets communications between people in the United States and people overseas when a link to terrorism is suspected, violates the rights to free speech and privacy, as well as the separation of powers enshrined in the US Constitution. ... The Justice Department asked Taylor to allow the program to continue until the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issues a final ruling on the legal issues, which could take months. Taylor denied the administration's request, reports CBS News producer Beverley Lumpkin. However, Taylor gave the government a seven-day reprieve while it seeks a stay from the appeals court pending a decision on the legality of the surveillance, which the government calls the Terrorist Surveillance Program...
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/09/28/politics/main2048963.shtml
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
09/28/06
The federal judge who struck down President Bush's warrantless surveillance program allowed the government on Thursday to continue the program another week while it seeks a further postponement from an appeals court. US Judge Anna Diggs Taylor ruled on Aug. 17 that the program, which targets communications between people in the United States and people overseas when a link to terrorism is suspected, violates the rights to free speech and privacy, as well as the separation of powers enshrined in the US Constitution. ... The Justice Department asked Taylor to allow the program to continue until the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issues a final ruling on the legal issues, which could take months. Taylor denied the administration's request, reports CBS News producer Beverley Lumpkin. However, Taylor gave the government a seven-day reprieve while it seeks a stay from the appeals court pending a decision on the legality of the surveillance, which the government calls the Terrorist Surveillance Program...
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/09/28/politics/main2048963.shtml
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 29. Sep, 15:21
