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Suit Claims U.S. Illegally Spied on Detainees' Lawyers
"A civil liberties organization on Thursday sued the Justice Department and the National Security Agency in New York federal court, alleging that the government illegally spied on 16 lawyers who have represented detainees at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Station in Cuba ." "'I am outraged that the NSA and DOJ have categorically refused to say whether they have eavesdropped ? without a warrant ? on me or other attorneys simply because we have fought for basic due process for men imprisoned without charge or trial at Guantanamo," said New York lawyer Wells Dixon, one of the plaintiffs." They hate us for our freedom...what freedom?
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