Justice Department responds to House questions on NSA wiretapping program

[Roland99]

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Justice_Department_responds_to_House_questions_0324.html

The US Justice Department has responded to questions from Republican and Democratic members of the House Judiciary Committee on President Bush's warantless wiretapping of international calls, releasing their responses quietly on a Friday afternoon.

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At their core, the responses echo previous assessments by the Bush Justice Department which maintain that the eavesdropping program was legal and met the demands of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).

"The FISA court of review discussed the President's inherent authority to conduct warrantless electronic surveillance in 2002, twenty-four years after FISA was enacted," the authors write.

The responses provide little new information about the program. The Attorney General refused to disclose how many Americans were spied upon, and declined to provide specifics on how "terrorists" are defined. Critics of the program say it is ripe for abuse and violates federal law.

[HuffleClaw]

1. wow.

the 'republican question' are all answered in detail, the 'democrat questions' are hardly answered at all. MOST are outright refusals in the name of 'security'! what a sham.

[Roland99]

2. Kick