Vaughn Walker, a federal judge, ruled Wednesday that the National Security Agency’s program of surveillance without warrants was illegal. His ruling establishes that state secrecy claims do not trump the requirements of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The ruling also provides a chilling account of the relentless efforts by the Bush and Obama administrations to kill the civil lawsuit filed by an Islamic charity in Oregon called Al Haramain. The group was subjected to warrantless surveillance and then declared a sponsor of terrorism in 2004.
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