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Judge: Gov’t Used Illegal Wiretap

On Islamic charity from Oregon.

Big Brother has been taken down a size: A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that the government’s warrantless wiretap of an Islamic charity in 2004 was illegal. The government was investigating the Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation in Ashland, Oregon as part of a larger terrorism probe. The Northern California District Court held that the government should be liable for any damages springing from the illegal wiretaps.

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