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Puck
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PostWed Jan 17, 2007 4:04 pm    Secret court to monitor domestic spying program

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� 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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PostWed Jan 17, 2007 7:58 pm    

So, what exactly is this court? Who selects them?

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PostWed Jan 17, 2007 8:23 pm    

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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