Between Lawyers http://betweenlawyers.corante.com/ technology + culture + law en-us dhowell@gmail.com 2006-02-14T16:19:30-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 ABA To President Bush: Watch What You're Watching (Denise Howell) http://betweenlawyers.corante.com/archives/2006/02/14/aba_to_president_bush_watch_what_youre_watching.php In a letter and recommendations of yesterday's date, the American Bar Association urged* President Bush, among other things, to avoid "any future electronic surveillance inside the United States by any U.S. government agency for foreign intelligence purposes that does not comply with the provisions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, 50 U.S.C. §§ 1801 et. seq. (FISA)," and "to seek appropriate new amendments or new legislation rather than acting without explicit statutory authorization[.]" The Electronic Frontier Foundation has a concise summary of how and why it believes the administration's domestic electronic surveillance actions have run afoul of "the Fourth Amendment, FISA, the Wiretap Act, [] most likely the Electronic Communications Privacy Act," and the executive power authority granted by the Constitution.

*PDFs available at that link.

[Update:] More from Ernie Svenson; the blogosphere.

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