Judge Restricts New York Police Surveillance
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A federal judge ruled that the police must stop the routine videotaping of people at public gatherings.
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A federal judge today struck down parts of the new U.S.A. Patriot Act that authorized the F.B.I. to acquire corporate records using informal secret demands called national security letters.
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A federal judge on Thursday struck down President Bush's warrantless surveillance program, saying it violated the rights to free speech and privacy, as well as the separation of powers enshrined in the Constitution.
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In a blow to the Department of Justiceâs post-Sept. 11, 2001, powers, a federal judge said the governmentâs ability to conduct secret and unchallengable searches of Internet and telephone records violates the Constitution.
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A senior Justice Department official says laws and other limits enacted since three terrorism suspects were waterboarded has eliminated the technique from what is now legally allowed
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The federal judge who ordered a halt to   the Bush administration's program of domestic wiretapping on   Thursday allowed the surveillance to continue for a week to   allow an appeals court to weigh in on an issue expected to end   up with the U.S. Supreme Court.
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A federal judge in New York ruled that a key component of the USA Patriot Act is unconstitutional because it allows the FBI to demand information from Internet service providers without judicial oversight or public review.
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Details of Bush-ordered NSA eavesdropping stay secret A US federal judge has ruled in favour of government agencies' refusal to release classified information related to a controversial surveillance programme.â¦
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Hold the phone: Warrantless surveillance of international calls and e-mails into and out of the United States can go ahead while a judge's ruling, which called the intercepts unconstitutional, works its way through the appeals process.
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A federal judge in New York ruled Wednesday that a key component of the USA Patriot Act is unconstitutional because it allows the FBI to demand information from Internet service providers
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Lawyers for the city said the ruling exceeded the judgeâs authority and would harm efforts to deter terrorism.
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The investigation into the ferocious stabbing of a Manhattan psychologist has been slowed because detectives are barred by privacy laws from reviewing the slain therapist's patient records without a court order, police said Friday.
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A federal judge said he was considering questioning C.I.A. officials who watched tapes, later destroyed, of harsh interrogations.
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A judge cleared of exposing himself on a commuter train may face further questions by police.
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Part of the Patriot Act, a central plank of the Bush Administration's war on terror, was ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge Wednesday.
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LBANY, Aug. 18 - A state court ruled on Wednesday that parts of New York&#39;s lobbying law are unconstitutional because they allow the state to fine lobbyists without giving them proper hearings.
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A judge on Friday barred the media from using photos or televised images of an alleged victim of Paul Shanley during the defrocked priest's upcoming child rape trial.