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Puck
The Texan
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 Wed Jan 17, 2007 4:04 pm Secret court to monitor domestic spying program |
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| Quote: | � Gonzales: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court must OK electronic surveillance
� Court has already approved request concerning person with alleged terror links
� Gonzales notified Senate Judiciary Committee leaders in letter issued January 10
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Justice Department, easing a Bush administration policy, said Wednesday it has decided to give an independent body authority to monitor the government's controversial domestic spying program. |
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/17/domestic.spying.ap/index.html
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WeAz
Commodore
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| Wed Jan 17, 2007 7:58 pm |
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So, what exactly is this court? Who selects them?
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Republican_Man
STV's Premier Conservative
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| Wed Jan 17, 2007 8:23 pm |
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FISA, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
I'm not so sure that this was the right move on Bush's part...
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