Civil Rights
Dec. 23, 2010
U.S. Owes $2.5M in Wiretapping Case
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the government to pay $2.5 million in attorney fees in a case over the warrantless wiretapping program undertaken by then-President George W. Bush.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the government to pay $2.5 million in attorney fees in a case in which the surveillance of a designated terrorist organization led to a landmark ruling that the warrantless wiretapping program undertaken by then-President George W. Bush was unconstitutional.
The Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation and two of its attorneys sued the United States claiming ...
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