US Islamic group argues against warrantless wiretaps美國伊斯蘭集團辯稱，對無證竊聽
AP | An Islamic charity group is challenging the Bush administration’s record use of the so-called state secrets privilege, dubbed a “killer bullet” to the group’s case over warrantless wiretapping.鴨|一個伊斯蘭慈善組是具有挑戰性的，布什政府的紀錄，使用了所謂國家機密的特權，被稱為“殺手子彈” ，以該集團的案件超過竊聽。
Lawyers for the Oregon-based US arm of the Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation on Wednesday urged a federal judge to toss out the government’s use of the privilege and let their lawsuit proceed.律師為俄勒岡州-基於美國臂的Al - haramain伊斯蘭基金會對週三敦促聯邦法官以折騰了政府的使用特權，讓他們的訴訟進行。
The now-defunct foundation argues it was caught up in the National Security Agency’s Terrorist Surveillance Program, which intercepted phone calls and e-mails on US soil without warrants.現已解散的基礎上辯稱，這是趕上了在國家安全局的監視恐怖分子的計劃，該計劃被截獲的電話和電子郵件對美國本土沒有逮捕證。 It contends that wiretapping in 2004 was the basis on which the Treasury Department that same year formally labeled the group a terrorist organization.它認為竊聽在2004年的基礎上，庫務署，同年正式標示為A組的恐怖組織。
At the heart of the challenge is a top secret call log that the Treasury Department accidentally turned over to Al-Haramain’s lawyers, who say it shows government terrorist hunters listened to their telephone conversations with foundation officials living in Saudi Arabia.在心臟的挑戰是一個絕密的通話記錄，該庫務署意外移交給基地- haramain的律師，誰說，它表明政府的恐怖獵人，聽取他們的電話交談，與基金會官員住在沙特阿拉伯。
Last year, the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals barred the foundation lawyers from using the log as evidence after the Bush administration invoked the state secrets privilege, arguing that to do so would harm national security interests by publicly disclosing spying techniques.去年，美國第九巡迴上訴法院禁止該基金會的律師，從使用日誌作為證據後，布什政府援引國家機密特權，認為這樣做會損害國家安全利益，公開披露的間諜技術。 Foundation lawyers concede that their lawsuit dies if they can’t use the call log to show government surveillance.基金會的律師承認，他們的訴訟去世，如果他們不能使用通話記錄，以顯示政府監視。
A presidential administration has never lost such a court challenge since the privilege was enshrined into law by the US Supreme Court in 1953, according to a political science professor who studies the issue.總統政府從來沒有失去這樣一個法院的挑戰，因為特權體現成為法律，由美國最高法院於1953年，根據政治學教授，誰研究的問題。
But the San Francisco-based appeals court kept the lawsuit on life support by asking US District Court Judge Vaughn Walker to determine the technical question of whether the state secrets privilege conflicts with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, known as FISA, the issue that was debated Wednesday.但總部位於舊金山的上訴法院維持訴訟對生命的支持，要求美國地方法院法官沃恩沃克，以確定技術性的問題，是否國家機密特權的衝突與外國情報監督法案，稱為參賽指南，這個問題進行辯論週三。 FISA, passed by Congress in 1978, requires government investigators to obtain a warrant from a secret court in Washington DC to conduct electronic eavesdropping of suspected terrorists inside the United States.參賽指南，美國國會通過的1978年，要求政府調查取得手令，從一個秘密法庭在華盛頓特區進行電子竊聽的嫌疑恐怖分子在美國境內。
Government lawyers argued Wednesday that presidents are given extraordinary powers to protect national security, including the ability to eavesdrop without warrants.政府律師辯稱，週三說，總統給出了不平凡的權力，以保障國家的安全，包括竊聽的能力沒有逮捕證。
The judge wondered if that argument, if true, made the FISA law requiring warrants unconstitutional.法官不知道，如果這個論點，如果屬實，作出了法律規定參賽指南認股權證違憲。
Justice Department lawyer Anthony Coppolino declined to answer that question directly by saying “it was too simplistic” and “conflating two issues.”司法部律師安東尼科波利諾拒絕回答這個問題，直接說： “這是過於簡單化”和“兩個問題混為一談” 。
Coppolino said that the only way a victim of a warrantless wiretap could sue is if the government acknowledged the eavesdropping.科波利諾說，唯一的出路的受害者，一無證竊聽可以控告的是，如果政府承認竊聽。 Coppolino and other federal officials have steadfastly refused to confirm or deny investigators wiretapped Al-Haramain.科波利諾和其他聯邦官員曾堅決拒絕證實或否認調查人員竊聽基地- haramain 。 Coppolino said to do so would harm national security by disclosing spying techniques.科波利諾說，這樣做會危害國家安全，公開從事間諜活動的技巧。
Al-Haramain lawyer Jon Eisenberg argued that to kick out the lawsuit and validate that a president’s state secrets privilege power to authorize warrantless wiretaps “subvert the power of Congress” in passing the FISA statute.鋁- haramain律師瓊艾森伯格認為，趕走訴訟和驗證，一個總統的國家機密特權的權力，授權無證竊聽“顛覆國會的權力， ”在通過參賽指南規約。
Presidential administrations have invoked the privilege about 55 times since the US Supreme Court enshrined the notion into law in a 1953 ruling and Sept. 11, 2001, according to research done by University of Texas, El Paso political science professor William Weaver.總統歷屆政府都在引用的特權，約55倍，自美國最高法院規定的概念，成為法律，在一個1953年的裁決和2001年9月11日，根據所做的研究，得克薩斯大學埃爾帕索的政治學教授威廉維夫。
Weaver’s research found that the Bush administration has used it 39 times since 2001 to unilaterally withhold court documents from the court system, the most of any president.韋弗的研究發現，布什政府已經用它的39倍，自2001年以來，單方面扣法庭文件從法院制度，大部分的任何一位總統。
At the height of Cold War tensions between the United States and the former Soviet Union, US presidents used the state secrets privilege six times from 1953 to 1976.在高度的冷戰之間的緊張關係，美國和前蘇聯，美國總統用國家機密特權的6倍，從1953年至1976年。
Weaver said the privilege has never been successfully challenged in court.韋弗說，特權，從來沒有成功地向法院提出質疑。
“Courts are really afraid to confront the executive branch on this issue,” Weaver said. “法院是真的害怕面對行政部門在這個問題上， ”韋弗說。
A separate lawsuit against telecommunications companies that have cooperated with the government is pending in the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals.一個單獨的訴訟，對電訊公司合作，與政府正在等待，在美國第九巡迴上訴法院。 The companies filed court papers in the Al-Haramain case urging the judge to dismiss that lawsuit.該公司提交法院的文件在Al - haramain案件，要求法官駁回該訴訟。
The US Supreme Court last year rejected a decision by a federal judge in Detroit that declared the spying program unconstitutional in 2006, saying it violated the rights to free speech and privacy and the separation of powers.美國最高法院在去年否決了一項決定，由一名聯邦法官在底特律說，宣布違憲的監聽計劃在2006年，稱它違反了人權和言論自由，隱私權和三權分立。
The Terrorist Surveillance Program began after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and continued until Jan. 17, 2007, when the White House resumed seeking surveillance warrants.恐怖監視程序開始後，九月十一日的恐怖襲擊，並一直持續到2007年1月17日，當白宮恢復尋求監察認股權證。
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