The Volokh Conspiracy - DOJ Defends NSA Surveillance Program:

DOJ's Office of Legislative Affairs has sent a letter to Capitol Hill (5-page .pdf) defending the legality of the NSA surveillance program. It's heavy on the AUMF for the statutory issue and makes a generalized "special needs" exception argument for the Fourth Amendment.

	[Orin Kerr, December 22, 2005 at 3:44pm] Trackbacks DOJ Defends NSA Surveillance Program: DOJ's Office of Legislative Affairs has sent a letter to Capitol Hill (5-page .pdf) defending the legality of the NSA surveillance program. It's heavy on the AUMF for the statutory issue and makes a generalized "special needs" exception argument for the Fourth Amendment.