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...aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, White House officials were haunted by two questions. Were there other terrorists lying in wait within the U.S.? And, given how freely the 19 hijackers had been able to operate before they acted, how would we know where to find them? It didn't take long before an aggressive idea emerged from the circle of Administration hawks. Liberalize the rules for domestic spying, they urged. Free the National Security Agency (NSA) to use its powerful listening technology to eavesdrop on terrorist suspects on U.S. soil without having to seek a warrant for every phone...
...agency has much improved means of capturing and analyzing. Justice Department officials say a FISA surveillance request can take up to a week to prepare, even for some seasoned department lawyers. One of them describes the requests as being "like mortgage applications" in their complexity. "When you get a terrorist's cell phone and there are 20 numbers in it," a former Administration official says, "you can't fill out one of these for every one of them." A high-ranking intelligence official says even the emergency provision was insufficient. "We had to stop the surveillance to get approval...
...were snatched and interrogated but never charged with any crime. The men say they were questioned about calls they supposedly made to people linked to the London bombers, says Frangiscos Ragoussis, the Greek lawyer representing Hayatt and six other Pakistanis. Ragoussis also represented a member of the Greek terrorist organization November 17 who is serving multiple life sentences. British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said the allegations are "complete nonsense" and Greek Public Order Minister George Voulgarakis said the incidents "had never and will never happen." Last week the Athens weekly Proto Thema named nine of 10 intelligence officers it said...
...businesses, and other organizations, according to statements the senators released over the last few days. The senators opposing the version of the act up for debate said the current criteria are much too permissive. They say they want the FBI to be forced to demonstrate nected to a suspected terrorist or spy. Right now, the act only requires that the information be relevant to a terrorism or intelligence investigation. Senators also argued that recipients of National Security Letter (NSL) information requests, who are banned from ever speaking about them, should be able to meaningfully challenge this gag order in court...
...attacks gave them a huge opportunity to do so. But Bush has found himself on the defensive over the report in Friday's New York Times that since 2002, he has secretly authorized the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on callers inside the United States who are suspected of terrorist activity, without first obtaining the court-approved warrants required by law for domestic spying. The White House was caught flat-footed by the revelation, and has vigorously defended the program over the past three days. "As President and Commander-in-Chief, I have the constitutional responsibility and the constitutional authority...