CCR v. Bush

In CCR v. Bush the Center for Constitutional Rights is suing the Bush Presidency for intercepting its email without securing a warrant first.cite news
url=http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2007/05/ex-guantanamo-lawyers-sue-for.php
date=Saturday, May 19, 2007
title=Ex-Guantanamo lawyers sue for recordings of client meetings
author=Mike Rosen-Molina
publisher=The Jurist
accessdate=2007-05-22] cite web
url=http://www.ccr-ny.org/v2/legal/govt_misconduct/govtArticle.asp?ObjID=RovrtPD8Bc&Content=694
title=Docket: CCR v. Bush
publisher=The Jurist
accessdate=May 22
accessyear=2007] The lawsuit was filed on January 17, 2006.The Center's lawyers argued that the warrantless wiretap program was: "... illegal because it lacks judicial approval or statutory authorization,"

The Center's description of the suit stated: quotation|"Given that the government has accused many of CCR's overseas clients of being associated with Al Qaeda or of interest to the 9/11 investigation, there is little question that these attorneys have been subject to the NSA Surveillance Program. This lawsuit aims to protect CCR attorneys' right to represent their clients free of unlawful and unchecked surveillance."

The Center filed for summary judgment on March 9, 2006.The Center quoted a letter to the United States Senate from Alberto Gonzales quotation|"Although the program does not specifically target the communications of attorneys or physicians, calls involving such persons would not be categorically excluded from interception."

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*cite news
url=http://www.eff.org/files/filenode/att/bushclassified7907.pdf
title=Center for Constitutional Rights v. George W. Bush -- Case No. 06-cv-313
publisher=United States Department of Justice
date=July 9 2007
accessdate=2007-10-17