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Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Other Major Challenges to the NSA's Warrantless Wiretapping Program in Federal Court
Tash Hepting v. AT&T(Northern District of California, Interlocutory appeal to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals )
Federal judge dismissed Justice Department effort to intervene by using the state-secrets privilege and ruled class action plaintiffs have standing to sue.
Center for Constitutional Rights v. George W. Bush(Southern District of New York, Similar to ACLU case but slower moving.) Judge has yet to rule on government's assertion of the state-secrets privilege. Plaintiffs include lawyers for Guantánamo Bay detainees.
Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation v. George W. Bush (District of Oregon,Under seal, plaintiffs filed a top-secret government document released accidentally by the Treasury Department that reportedly shows surveillance of attorney-client conversations.)

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