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Top Secret: We're Wiretapping You

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posted on Mar, 5 2007 @ 10:49 AM
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Top Secret: We're Wiretapping You


www.wired.com

It could be a scene from Kafka or Brazil. Imagine a government agency, in a bureaucratic foul-up, accidentally gives you a copy of a document marked "top secret." And it contains a log of some of your private phone calls.

You read it and ponder it and wonder what it all means. Then, two months later, the FBI shows up at your door, demands the document back and orders you to forget you ever saw it.
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The pair are seeking $1 million each in a closely watched lawsuit against the government, which experts say represents the greatest chance, among over 50 different lawsuits, of convincing a key judge to declare the program illegal.
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posted on Mar, 5 2007 @ 10:49 AM
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This is what happened to Washington D.C. attorney Wendell Belew in August 2004 before the New York Times exposed the wiretapping ordeal to the world.

Belew had given a copy of the document to Washington Post and then they handed over the copy to the FBI.

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posted on Mar, 25 2007 @ 04:32 PM
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Any updates on this case? I have searched but can't find any. I hope this one doesn't get swept under the rug.



 
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