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formally accused
*  or indicted for any crimes, began in August 1967. In November 1971, the
*  Government acknowledged, the FBI asked the NSA "to supply any available
*  information" about the lawyer that "might come into its possession during
*  the course of its foreign intelligence activities".
*  
*  As a result, the NSA provided the FBI summaries
*  of six overseas conversations of Mr. Jabara.
*  
*  In earlier court proceedings, the FBI acknowledged that it then
*  disseminated the information to 17 other law-enforcement or intelligence
*  agencies and three foreign governments.
*  [snip]
*  
*  John Shattuck, Washington director of the ACLU, who represented Mr. Jabara
*  said "It is difficult to imagine a more sweeping judicial approval of
*  government action in violation of constitutional rights than the decision
*  of the panel is this case. Taken to its logical conclusion, the decision
*  authorizes the Federal Government to restructure its surveillance
*  activities so that any Federal law-enforcement or intelligence
*  investigation requiring the interception of private communications could
*  be conducted WITHOUT A JUDICIAL WARRANT simply by turning to the NSA."
*  
*  Under current laws, if the FBI wants to eavesdrop legally on the conversation
*  of a criminal it must obtain a warrant from a Federal judge. In those cases
*  where the FBI wants to eavesdrop on a specific individual who it believes
*  is an agent of a foreign government, it can apply for a warrant from a
*  special SECRET PANEL of Federal judges established just for that purpose.
*  
*  The special missions and advanced technology of the NSA however, make its
*  operations more difficult to control within the restrictions of the Federal
*  wiretapping and surveillance laws.
*  
*  According to the 1975 report of the Special Senate Intelligence Committee,
*  the agency has equipment that "sweeps up enormous numbers of communications,
*  not all of which can be reviewed by intel