ACLU Launches Wiretapping Web Ad Campaign
The American Civil Liberties Union has unveiled an online advertising campaign aimed at raising awareness about the lawsuit the watchdog group filed last week in New York federal court, which seeks a permanent injunction that would bar the U.S. government from conducting surveillance operations under a major revision of the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
President Bush signed into law legislation that expands the authority for the government’s warrantless electronic spying activities and virtually ensures retroactive immunity for telecommunications firms involved in the program. “This law will play a critical role in helping to prevent another attack on our soil,” Bush said as he signed the bill, calling it “vital to the security of our people.”
Some have argued that the measure eroded checks on the power of government but the Bush administration said it needed the expanded authority to thwart terrorist attacks. The ACLU also ran an ad addressing the issue in The New York Times on Thursday.
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