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December 22, 2010

Judge Rules Bush Conducted "Unlawful Surveillance" 
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A federal judge has ruled the Bush administration conducted "unlawful
surveillance" of a defunct Islamic charity by wiretapping members of the
organization without a court warrant. The judge ordered the government
to pay more than $2.5 million in legal expenses accrued by lawyers and
to pay $20,000 to the two targets of the illegal wiretapping, both
members of the Al-Haramain charity. The plaintiffs learned of the
eavesdropping only after the government erroneously sent them records.



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