By DAVID ASHENFELTER

FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER
The Bush administration’s domestic spying program that intercepts international phone calls and e-mails of suspected Al-Qaeda members without court orders can continue for seven more days, a federal judge in Detroit ruled Thursday.

U.S. District Judge Anna Digga Taylor, who declared the National Security Agency’s program unconstitutional on Aug. 17 on grounds that it violates Americans constitutional rights to free speech and privacy, said she would delay enforcement of her decision for seven days to give government lawyers time to ask the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals for a longer stay.

The Justice Department wanted Taylor to delay enforcement of her order until the appeals court decides whether to uphold or overturn her August decision. The ACLU asked Taylor to reject the government’s request.

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