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Jan 7, 2006 11:08 am US/Central

Lawyers For Accused Spy Question Wiretaps

Bush Domestic Surveillance May Have Recorded Calls

CHICAGO (AP) ― Attorneys for a Des Plaines man accused of being an Iraqi spy say they want to know if his phone calls were recorded under the Bush administration's controversial domestic surveillance program.

An attorney for Sami Khoshaba Latchin sent a letter this week to federal prosecutors, asking whether the Bush administration authorized the interception of his calls without a court order.

Under the domestic spying program, the National Security Agency intercepted certain telephone calls and e-mails without the usual court approvals.

Latchin is accused of being an Iraqi sleeper spy in the U.S. from 1993 through mid-2002. Prosecutors allege that he traveled to Tunisia, Jordan, Iraq and other countries to meet with his spy handlers from 1994 to 2002.

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