(CNN) -- A federal court on Wednesday struck down two provisions of the Patriot Act dealing with searches and intelligence gathering, saying they violate the Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable searches and seizures with regard to criminal prosecutions. "It is critical that we, as a democratic nation, pay close attention to traditional Fourth Amendment principles," wrote Judge Ann Aiken of the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon in her 44-page decision. "The Fourth Amendment has served this nation well for 220 years, through many other perils." The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review, set up to review wiretap applications in intelligence cases under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, "holds that the Constitution need not control the conduct of criminal surveillance in the United States," Aiken wrote.Judge: Search warrants issued without showing probable causeAttorney seeks ruling after being wrongly linked to '04 Madrid train bombingHis suit says secret searches of house, office violated Fourth Amendment rightsAs part of suit settlement, he retained right to challenge parts of Patriot Act
Aiken ruled that FISA, as amended by the Patriot Act, permits the government to conduct surveillance and searches targeting _ without satisfying the probable-cause standard in the Fourth Amendment. Aiken ruled that FISA, as amended by the Patriot Act, permits the government to conduct surveillance and searches targeting Americans without satisfying the probable-cause standard in the _.