A Secret Court To Govern Wiretaps

   As if we need another secret court doing more of the Bush regimes bidding!

     The Justice Department is giving an independent body the okay to monitor the governments spying program.

    From the AP:

The court orders approving collection of international communications — whether it originates in the United States or abroad — was issued Jan. 10, according to the two-page letter to Sens. Patrick Leahy (news, bio, voting record), D-Vt., and Arlen Specter (news, bio, voting record), R-Pa.

"As a result of these orders, any electronic surveillance that was occurring as part of the Terrorist Surveillance Program will now be conducted subject to the approval of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court," Gonzales wrote in the letter, a copy of which was obtained by The Associated Press.

"Accordingly, under these circumstances, the President has determined not to reauthorize the Terrorist Surveillance Program when the current authorization expires," the attorney general wrote.                 Entire Article

     I like that last paragraph. Bush will not re-authorize the program when it expires?  More than likely that will be as far as the public is concerned.

 

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