Warrantless Criticism

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/27/opinion/27hayden.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=warrantless%20criticism&st=cse

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From: barry levine <levinebar@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 8:55 AM
Subject: re:Warrantless Criticism
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To the Editor:

The FISA statute of 1978 prohibits wiretapping of U.S. Citizens without a court warrant; in urgent cases it provided that this warrant could be sought retroactively. This was the clear and controlling law at the time that the Bush administration began its illegal campaign of unreasonable search. Michael Hayden's misrepresentation of the is not merely transparently self-serving. It is an assault on our constitutional rights and on the rule of law.

Barry Levine