Judge: NSA Not Compelled to Disclose Spying on Gitmo Attorneys

By Lindsay Beyerstein and , Democracy Now!
Posted on June 26, 2008, Printed on December 18, 2009
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In other Guantanamo news, a federal judge has rejected a suit that would have forced the National Security Agency to disclose whether it spied on the lawyers of Guantanamo prisoners. On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Denise Cote said the NSA does not need to tell lawyers whether they were spied on. Attorneys have claimed they’ve avoided international phone calls out of fear their phones are tapped.

Lindsay Beyerstein a New York writer blogging at Majikthise.

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