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FISA Court Made Modifications to Bush Surveillance Requests

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Secret court modified wiretap requests – Intervention may have led Bush to bypass panel, by Stewart M. Powell, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Washington Bureau.
Related commentary, references and postings:

  • Reuters: Secret surveillance up since 9/11 – “The Justice Department’s reports to the U.S. Congress on the surveillance court’s activities show that the Bush administration made 5,645 applications for electronic surveillance and physical searches through 2004, the most recent year for which figures are available. In the previous four years, the court received a total of 3,436.”
  • Washington Post Op-Ed: Eavesdropping and Evading the Law
  • New York Times: Defense Lawyers in Terror Cases Plan Challenges Over Spy Efforts
  • The Security Threat of Unchecked Presidential Power
  • postings on domestic surveillance

    • Report Details Significant DHS Security Failures

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    Press release: “A House Committee on Homeland Security investigative report prepared for Ranking Member Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) and Committee Democrats finds that the Department of Homeland Security has left 33 separate promises to strengthen aspects of homeland security unresolved ahead of the New Year.” Leaving the Nation at Risk: 33 Unfulfilled Promises From the… Continue Reading

    The Relationship between Law Review Citations and Law School Rankings

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    Brophy, Alfred L., The Relationship between Law Review Citations and Law School Rankings (December 2005). U of Alabama Public Law Research Paper. “Much recent scholarship has focused on the US News rankings and other ranking systems; other scholarship has focused on citations of law journals. This paper combines those two areas. It explores the connections… Continue Reading