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<P>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. intelligence court earlier this year secretly
struck down a key element of <SPAN id=lw_1186132120_0
style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">President George W.
Bush's</SPAN> warrantless spying program, The Washington Post reported in its
Friday edition. </P>
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The decision is one reason Congress is trying to give legal authorization to the
spying program in fevered negotiations with the Bush administration this week,
the Post reported.</DIV>
<P>The intelligence-court judge, who remains anonymous, concluded that the
government had overstepped its authority by monitoring overseas communications
that pass through the United States, the Post said, citing anonymous government
and congressional sources.</P>
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