[IP] AP Story Justice Dept. Probing Domestic Spying Leak

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Mary Shaw <mary.shaw@cs.cmu.edu>
Date: December 30, 2005 12:26:18 PM EST
To: Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>
Subject: AP Story Justice Dept. Probing Domestic Spying Leak

Dave,

Why is the Justice Dept probing the leak rather than the domestic  
spying program itself?  Or did I miss the announcement of the latter?

Excerpted from  http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&u=/ap/ 
20051230/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/domestic_spying_probe_6

Mary

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Justice Dept. Probing Domestic Spying Leak

By TONI LOCY, Associated Press Writer

The Justice Department has opened an investigation into the leak of  
classified information about President Bush's secret domestic spying  
program, Justice officials said Friday.

The officials, who requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of  
the probe, said the inquiry will focus on disclosures to The New York  
Times about warrantless surveillance conducted by the National  
Security Agency since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

[[[snip]]]

Revelation of the secret spying program unleashed a firestorm of  
criticism of the administration. Some critics accused the president  
of breaking the law by authorizing intercepts of conversations —  
without prior court approval or oversight — of people inside the  
United States and abroad who had suspected ties to al-Qaida or its  
affiliates.

[[[snip]]]




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