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Spy Court Judge Quits In Protest

category international | rights, freedoms and repression | other press author Wednesday December 21, 2005 18:46author by 006.5

Jurist Concerned Bush Order Tainted Work of Secret Panel

By Carol D. Leonnig and Dafna Linzer, Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, December 21, 2005
A federal judge has resigned from the court that oversees government surveillance in intelligence cases in protest of President Bush's secret authorization of a domestic spying program, according to two sources.

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Judge Resigns Over Secret Surveillance
author by eyespy2publication date Wed Dec 21, 2005 18:49author address author phone

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WASHINGTON - A federal judge has resigned from a special court set up to oversee government surveillance, apparently in protest of President Bush's secret authorization of a domestic spying program on people with suspected terrorist ties.

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