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David Lazer
(Methodology, Networked Governance)

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Stanley Wasserman
(Current Trends, Methodology, Social Networks)

Guy Stuart
(Economic Sociology, Finance)

Allan Friedman
(Simulations)

Nathan Eagle
(Technology, Social Computing, Powerlaws, Current Trends)

Ben Waber
(Technology, Social Computing)
Ines Mergel
(Knowledge Sharing, Social Computing, Social Software, Current Trends)

Maria Binz-Scharf
(Qualitative Methodology, Knowledge Sharing, eGovernment)

Alexander Schellong
(Admin, eGovernment, Citizen Relationship Management)

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    17 August 2006

    NSA wiretapping ruled unconstitutional

    Returning to the NSA thread for a moment, a judge in Detroit today ruled that the NSA wiretapping program is unconstitutional. Quoting from the Washington Post:

    "U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor wrote in a strongly-worded 43-page opinion that the NSA wiretapping program violates privacy and free-speech rights and the constitutional separation of powers between the three branches of government. She also found that it violates a 1978 law set up to oversee clandestine surveillance."

    Here is a copy of the decision:
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/documents/wiretap_ruling.pdf

    Posted by David Lazer at August 17, 2006 9:26 PM