U.S. Senators Question Gonzales on Domestic Spying - UPDATE
An AP newswire article, via MSNBC, reports that:
Senators demanded details Thursday from Attorney General Alberto Gonzales about new orders putting the government's domestic spying program under court review -- and questioned why it took so long to do so.More here.
Meanwhile, the presiding judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court said she had no objection to disclosing legal orders and opinions about the program that targets people linked to al-Qaida, but the Bush administration would have to approve release of the information.
Gonzales and National Intelligence Director John Negroponte said it was uncertain whether the court orders and details about the program will be disclosed.
UPDATE: 11:08 PST: DefenseTech.org has some really good first-hand accounts of the congressional hearing and some astute observations - here.
UPDATE 12:14 PST: Another pragmatic observation of some of the dubious issues involved here.
UPDATE 13:03 PST: Ryan Singel has more over at 27B Stroke 6.
posted by Fergie @ 1/18/2007 10:40:00 AM
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