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Government

Dec. 24, 2010

Wiretap Ruling Criticizes Yoo

Tucked within his final judgment in a high-profile challenge to the government's warrantless wiretapping program, Judge Vaughn R. Walker took aim at the man who signed the first opinion authorizing the unlawful surveillance: John C. Yoo.


By Rebecca Beyer


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN FRANCISCO - Tucked within his final judgment in a controversial and high-profile challenge to the warrantless wiretapping program undertaken by then-President George W. Bush, Northern District Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker took aim at the man who signed the first opinion authorizing the unlawful surveillance: John C. Yoo.


"Wholly apart from the apparent weakness of Yoo's legal analysis, i...

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