# Judge rules FISA is "exclusive" means for wiretapping -- POTUS can't use CinC power **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [July 3, 2008, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-rules-fisa-is-exclusive-means-for-wiretapping-potus-cant-use-cinc-power/455200 "2008-07-03T16:17:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2008, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-rules-fisa-is-exclusive-means-for-wiretapping-potus-cant-use-cinc-power/455200/5 "2008-07-05T01:13:49Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] N.B.: In the same decision, [Judge Walker threw out the classified document al-Haramain sought to use as evidence and gave the plaintiffs 30 days to re-file on new evidence.](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/03/AR2008070300395.html) [/QUOTE] Anyone have any idea why? They could easily redact out all other names on the copy of the log presented, so I don’t see how it could endanger security. Also, **Bricker** , why do you believe the case will be reviewed \*de novo \* and could you explain exactly what that means to those of us who are not lawyers and haven’t encountered the term before? I mean, going back to my high school Latin, it looks like **of** or **from new** , but I don’t quite know how that applies here. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-rules-fisa-is-exclusive-means-for-wiretapping-potus-cant-use-cinc-power/455200)._