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I studied In re: Sealed Case before the NSA thing came to light, in the context of failure on the part of the Senate to renew the USA PATRIOT Act. Had more than a few arguments about what it sttod for, so had occasion to read it carefully, more than once.

I find it amusing that Byron York ressurects it now, with a "new" conclusion, and all of sudden, it's a "new" case altogether.

Here's a collection of links that I gathered yesterday, in case somebody wanted to follow along in a little more detail ...

Senate Rejects Extension of Patriot Act - 12/16/05
Note indirect reference to In re: Sealed Case, on p10 of CRS-RL32186
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1541989/posts?page=60#60

LIVE THREAD - President Bush Speech 18 Dec 05 (9:00 PM EST)
Pointing to In Re: Sealed Case -- HTML and PDF versions
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1543024/posts?page=415#415

Bush was denied wiretaps, bypassed them - 12/28/05
"backing up" through the "to" links hits EXACTLY the same CNN article
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1547700/posts?page=469#469
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1547700/posts?page=463#463
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1547700/posts?page=428#428
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1547700/posts?page=30#30

In sum, we think that the FISA as passed by Congress in 1978 clearly did not preclude or limit the governments use or proposed use of foreign intelligence information, which included evidence of certain kinds of criminal activity, in a criminal prosecution.
In Re: Sealed Case No. 02-001, 310 F.3d 717 (Foreign Int. Surv. Ct. Rev. 2002)
The legal ground on which the president stands - 02/11/2006
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1576697/posts?page=27#27

American Bar Association Slams Bush's Domestic Spying Program - 02/15/2006
An action contrary to the FISA Statute, probably not unconstitutional
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1578052/posts?page=45#45

Red Star Over FISA - 03/08/06
Some text from the "Keith" case
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1590855/posts?page=14#14