Nine months after declaring the Bush administration's warrantless surveillance program illegal, a federal judge ordered the government on Tuesday to pay for wiretapping an Islamic charity without a warrant.
Issuing his final ruling in the lawsuit of the Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation, U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker said the government should pay $2.5 million in attorneys fees and more than $20,000 for each of the two officials of the charity who were wiretapped. (more)
Issuing his final ruling in the lawsuit of the Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation, U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker said the government should pay $2.5 million in attorneys fees and more than $20,000 for each of the two officials of the charity who were wiretapped. (more)
