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Appeals Court Backs Controversial Warrantless Wiretaps
Here’s a ruling bound to stir more controversy. Will things change in the Obama administration? By Del Quentin Wilber and R. Jeffrey Smith Washington Post Staff Writers WASHINGTON — A special federal appeals court yesterday released a rare declassified opinion that backed the government’s authority to intercept international phone conversations and e-mails from U.S. soil…