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WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court nominee Judge Samuel Alito argued in the mid-1980s that government officials who order illegal domestic wiretaps are immune from lawsuits, according to newly released documents from Alito's service in the Justice Department.
Nevertheless, Alito urged fellow Justice Department lawyers to avoid testing his expansive view of executive branch immunity because he wasn't sure it would be a winning argument in court.See the full content of this document
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Alito's Wiretap Views Emerge
Alito's 20-year-old thoughts on wiretapping have special resonance now because of recent revelations that as part of his anti- terror strategy President Bush has authorized domestic electronic spying without a court order.
Even before Friday's release of 74...See the full content of this document
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