CINCINNATI, July 6 (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court ruledon Friday a lawsuit challenging the domestic spying programcreated by President George W. Bush after the Sept. 11 attacksmust be dismissed, in a decision based on narrow technicalgrounds. The appeals court panel ruled by a 2-1 vote that the groupsand individuals who brought the lawsuit, led by the AmericanCivil Liberties Union, did not have the legal right to bringthe challenge in the first place.

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From a reader:

My NPR Radio Station Headlined the Wiretap Decision as “A Setback for Civil Liberties”