Federal judge calls secret government searches unconstitutional

Friday, October 1, 2004

NEW YORK -- In a blow to the Justice Department's post-Sept. 11, 2001, powers, a federal judge said the government's ability to conduct secret and unchallengable searches of Internet and telephone records violates the Constitution.

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