Alito backed immunity in wiretap case
WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr. argued in 1984 that an executive branch official who authorized the illegal wiretapping of US citizens without a warrant should be immune from lawsuits, papers released yesterday indicate. (Full article: 1205 words)
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