Roger Vinson

FISA Court Judge Rejects NSA Warrantless Surveillance Expansion

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FISA Court Judge Roger Vinson delivered a significant rebuke to the Bush administration by rejecting the government’s attempt to rewrite FISA statutes to permit expanded warrantless surveillance inside the United States. The government sought to stretch FISA’s definition of a …

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