LYCOS RETRIEVER
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court: President Bush
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The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court was created in response to intelligence-gathering abuses that arose in the Vietnam War era. Until now, the Bush administration has argued that the court moves too slowly to be effective in an age of instant communications.
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The American Civil Liberties Union is responding to President George W. Bush̢۪s call for the gutting of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. These remarks can be attributed to Caroline Fredrickson, Director of the Washington Legislative Office of the American Civil Liberties Union:
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The ACLU has asked the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to release the secret orders the court issued regarding the National Security Agency’s wiretapping program. Now the court has asked the Bush administration for its views about such a release, The Washington Post reports.
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"The Bush administration is seeking expanded surveillance powers from Congress because of the rulings issued by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court earlier this year. Under this decision, those rulings may remain secret forever."
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