Clients that fit the criteria described by the attorney general for targeting" v President George W. Bush, National Security Agency, and Heads of Major Security Agencies
President Bush Faces Lawsuit on Wire-Tapping Program
The Center for Constitutional Rights filed suit in the Southern District of New York on behalf of "clients who fit the criteria described by the attorney general for targeting" under the program. The lawsuit names the National Security Agency director and "the heads of the other major security agencies" as defendants.
"The center filed the lawsuit in order to protect CCR attorneys' right to represent their clients free of unlawful and unchecked surveillance" said one of the lawyers working on the case.
The lawsuit seeks to halt President Bush's domestic eavesdropping program, calling it an "illegal and unconstitutional program" of electronic eavesdropping on American citizens. Additionally, it asked a judge to stop Bush and government agencies from conducting surveillance of communications in the United States without a warrant.
