The Supreme Court refused yesterday to hear a suit brought by members of the Jewish Defense League asking for damages from government officials who conducted an “illegal” wiretap against them in 1970 and 1971. The High Court let stand a decision by a United States Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia that suggested that officials may escape paying damages if they could demonstrate that they had sincerely believed the wiretap to be proper. united Jerusalem.”
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