Court makes spying on Americans legal with new warrantless wiretap ruling

A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled in favor of President George W. Bush?s controversial Terrorist Surveillance Program, which allows the government to spy on Americans without a warrant. The court reversed an earlier decision in which two American attorneys were awarded more than $20,000 in damages and their lawyers $2.5 million in legal fees after they proved the government had spied on them without warrants. The earlier lawsuit was the first and only case that successfully challenged the controversial program. The government appealed the victory, however, and the appeals court dismissed the earlier suit and the damages, Wired reported. ?This case effectively brings to an end the plaintiffs? ongoing attempts to hold the executive branch responsible for intercepting telephone

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