Legal Opinion
Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation, Inc. v. Bush
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 16, 2007No. 06-36083PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKEOWN, Circuit Judge:
Following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, President George W. Bush authorized the National Security Agency (“NSA”) to conduct a warrantless communications surveillance program. The program intercepted international communications into and out of the United States of persons alleged to have ties to A1 Qaeda and other terrorist networks. Though its operating parameters remain murky, and certain details may forever remain so, much of what is known about the Terrorist Surveillance Program (“TSP”) was spoon-fed to the public by the President and his…
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