We have a ruling in the Al Haramain case, the one involving an Islamic charity in Oregon that was the target of warrantless wiretaps...

The last of the US warrantless wiretapping cases has come to a rather surprising and abrupt finish.

As legal experts mull over the long-term implications of last week's court decision declaring illegal the program of warrantless surveillance...

For more than 20 years, it was settled law, born of bitter experience, that the government may not eavesdrop on people in the United States without a warrant.

The warrantless wiretap program was used by the Bush Administration in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks. It allowed...

In a repudiation of the Bush administration's now-defunct terrorist surveillance effort, a federal judge ruled Wednesday that government...

know Marcy has covered the hell out of this already, but clearly Judge Vaughn Walker’s ruling in the Al Haramain case is a huge deal.

This round goes to the defunct Ashland charity Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation of Oregon.

A federal district judge in San Francisco has delivered another strong rebuke of the Bush administration’s secret wiretap program.

Earlier this evening, I finished reading the 45-page .pdf of the District Court’s decision in the Islamic charity Al-Haramain’s illegal...

Now, the government did present three reasons why it should not have to present evidence to defend itself. But much of that argument...

Four and half years after the Bush administration was caught eavesdropping on Americans without court approval, a federal judge in San Francisco...

In a repudiation of the Bush administration's now-defunct terrorist surveillance effort, a federal judge ruled Wednesday that government investigators...

Yesterday a federal district court in California entered summary judgment on behalf of Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation, Inc., on the ground that the government eavesdropped on the organization without obtaining

The fallout from the Bush Administration’s domestic spying program being ruled illegal once again has been incredibly mild.

Holder's effort to stop the lawsuit marked the first time the administration has tried to invoke the state secrets privilege. Under the strategy,...

The Bush administration said it ended the program in mid-2008, but did not disclose the scope of that review.

The National Security Agency broke the law when it wiretapped two American lawyers working for the El-Haramain Charity Foundation, an influential judge ruled Wednesday.

Generally, government investigators are required to obtain search warrants signed by judges to eavesdrop on domestic phone calls, e-mail traffic and other electronic communications.

Today, Chief Judge Vaughn Walker of the federal district court in San Francisco found that the government illegally wiretapped...

Portland, OR—In a historic ruling, Judge Vaughn Walker of the US Federal District Court for the Northern District of California...

President Bush authorized the surveillance program shortly after 9/11, allowing NSA officials to bypass the courts and intercept electronic...

More than 150 imams, board members and executive officers from mosques and nonprofit organizations gathered to have their most pressing...

Yesterday, MPAC joined Muslim Advocates and 19 other American Muslim charities - a snapshot of the breadth of civic, educational,...

Garre also asked the judges to dismiss a case brought against Bush, specifically, over the NSA’s warrantless surveillance program.

There is debate over how much of a threat charities (and U.S. charities in particular) pose to national security. In public statements...

Soliman Al-Buthi has never read Franz Kafka’s The Trial. The absurdist novel chronicles the last months in the life of banker Joseph K., who is arrested, hauled into court, condemned and put to death without ever learning the charges against him.

I spent the better part of a year working for Al Haramain. Because my time was short, the damage I could cause while working there was limited.

Groups on the list include Egyptian Islamic Jihad; branches of Saudi Arabia-based al-Haramain Islamic Foundation, which the UN...

That’s not the only thing Jorisch gets wrong. For instance, he says Treasury’s outreach to the nonprofit sector led to the publication...