6-23-96. WaPo Mag cover story: "Secret Intrusions" Government surveillance, terrorism and the U.S. Constitution: The story of a Washington Courtroom no tourist can visit. Last year, a secret court in the Justice Department authorized a record 697 'national security' wiretaps on American soil, outside normal constitutional procedures. Is the world growing more dangerous -- or has Big Brother found a way around the Foruth amendment. A revealing report on burgeoning FISA wiretap intrusions, featuring FBI, NSA, CIA, Freeh, Kallstrom, Gorelick and little-known Mary Lawton who, before her death, guaranteed the incorruptibility of FISA: "In the modern age of intelligence gathering and federal law enforcement, no one was more important to the management of the most critical legal issues binding the two communities." And what has happened without her "gold standard of legality in the world of counterintelligence." A wideawake eye-opener to General Reno's sweetsong lullaby at the Commonwealth Club. Taken from a book due out next month: "Main Justice," by Jim McGee and Brian Duffy. ----- http://pwp.usa./pipeline.com/~jya/fismok.txt (54 kb) FIS_mok