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Oregon Attorney on Why He Feels Federal Agents Broke into His Home and Office
Attorney Thomas Nelson discusses his lawsuit against the National Security Agency and his evidence that the Bush administration's secret domestic surveillance is much broader than reported and may include secret physical searches.
New questions are being raised over whether the Bush administration's warrantless domestic spy program is more extensive than has been acknowledged. This week, US News & World Report revealed the Bush administration attempted to authorize government agents to perform physical searches without court warrants. A government official said FBI Director Robert Mueller objected to the proposal, "not only because of the blowback issue but also because of the legal and constitutional questions raised by warrantless physical searches."
In a few minutes we're going to be speaking with someone who alleges they've been subjected to these physical searches. But first, we go back a month to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. On February 6th, Gonzales appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee to explain the Bush administration's domestic eavesdropping program.
* Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez being questioned by Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), February, 2006.
Well, weeks later Gonzales wrote a follow-up letter attempting to clarify his testimony. Referring to his remark that the President has only authorized domestic wiretapping, Gonzales wrote: "I did not and could not address . . . any other classified intelligence activities. I was confining my remarks to the Terrorist Surveillance Program as described by the President."
Gonzales" letter prompted Bruce Fein, a former government lawyer who served under three Presidents, to comment: "It seems to me he is conceding that there are other NSA surveillance programs ongoing that the president hasn't told anyone about."
Today we speak with someone who says he has been subjected to another surveillance program. Thomas Nelson, is an attorney based in Portland, Oregon. In a letter to a district US Attorney in September, Nelson wrote: "In the past nine months I and others have seen strong indications that my office and my home have been the target of clandestine searches." Nelson believes these searches are related to his representation of a terror suspect.
* Thomas Nelson, attorney based in Portland, Oregon.
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http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/23/152254
In a few minutes we're going to be speaking with someone who alleges they've been subjected to these physical searches. But first, we go back a month to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. On February 6th, Gonzales appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee to explain the Bush administration's domestic eavesdropping program.
* Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez being questioned by Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), February, 2006.
Well, weeks later Gonzales wrote a follow-up letter attempting to clarify his testimony. Referring to his remark that the President has only authorized domestic wiretapping, Gonzales wrote: "I did not and could not address . . . any other classified intelligence activities. I was confining my remarks to the Terrorist Surveillance Program as described by the President."
Gonzales" letter prompted Bruce Fein, a former government lawyer who served under three Presidents, to comment: "It seems to me he is conceding that there are other NSA surveillance programs ongoing that the president hasn't told anyone about."
Today we speak with someone who says he has been subjected to another surveillance program. Thomas Nelson, is an attorney based in Portland, Oregon. In a letter to a district US Attorney in September, Nelson wrote: "In the past nine months I and others have seen strong indications that my office and my home have been the target of clandestine searches." Nelson believes these searches are related to his representation of a terror suspect.
* Thomas Nelson, attorney based in Portland, Oregon.
LISTEN ONLINE:
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/23/152254
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