Judge rules that government illegally wiretapped Oregon-based charity

A federal judge ruled this week that the Bush administration acted illegally by wiretapping an Islamic charity without a warrant.

The case was a victory for the Al-Haramain Islamic Charity, whose US office was in Ashland, Oregon.

The organization was charged in 2002 with connections to terrorist groups. All charges were dropped in 2008, but the charity remains on the US State Department's Terror watch list.

KBOO’s Jenka Soderberg spoke with one of the lawyers for Al Haramain, Portland-based Tom Nelson.