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Tapped Out
By Eric Umansky
Posted Friday, Aug. 18, 2006, at 3:45 AM ET


The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and USA Today all lead with a federal judge ruling the president's warrantless wiretapping program is quite unconstitutional. The Justice Department immediately appealed and the NYT says the government got a green-light to continue the program for now; the Post isn't sure. Citing "two Defense Department officials briefed on the case," the New York Times' lead says after the apparent massacre last year in Haditha Marines destroyed evidence and tried to hold back video from a drone. The Times calls it "the first time details about possible concealment or destruction of evidence have been disclosed." (The NYT does have new details, but the LAT mentioned some of the same info in a story two weeks ago.)


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Eric Umansky (www.ericumansky.com) writes "Today's Papers" for Slate. He can be reached at [e-mail].


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