Terror Defense Lawyers Plan Challenges Based On N.S.A. Story

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COMMENTARY
Are the lives of the innocents only fodder to be sacrificed upon the alter of freedom?

NEWSLINE
"If I'm a defense attorney," one prosecutor said, "the first thing I'm going to say in court is, 'This was an illegal wiretap.'"

NEWSBYTE
Defense Lawyers in Terror Cases Plan Challenges Over Spy Efforts
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 (NYT) -- Defense lawyers in some of the country's biggest terrorism cases say they plan to bring legal challenges to determine whether the National Security Agency used illegal wiretaps against several dozen Muslim men tied to Al Qaeda.

TENSION: Take another leak
GRAVITY: Status quo

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