FISC judges want to know why Bush believed secret spying was legal

[ProSense]

Secret court judges to be briefed on spying
Judges question Bush program's legality, how information was used

Updated: 3:21 a.m. ET Dec. 22, 2005
WASHINGTON - The presiding judge of a secret court that oversees government surveillance in espionage and terrorism cases is arranging a classified briefing for her fellow judges to address their concerns about the legality of President Bush's domestic spying program, according to several intelligence and government sources.

Several members of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court said in interviews that they want to know why the administration believed secretly listening in on telephone calls and reading e-mails of U.S. citizens without court authorization was legal. Some of the judges said they are particularly concerned that information gleaned from the president's eavesdropping program may have been improperly used to gain authorized wiretaps from their court.

"The questions are obvious," said U.S. District Judge Dee Benson of Utah. "What have you been doing, and how might it affect the reliability and credibility of the information we're getting in our court?"


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10564931/

[EVDebs]

1. Yes, since FISA wil have to go back and review ALL 4 years of cases

in order to get things legal and back up to speed. Bush incompetence stemming from the Department of Justification !

[Norquist Nemesis]

2. Why? Because he had all of his YesSir! people telling him so! n/t

[Neil Lisst]

3. Bush loyalists have done this.

Bush values loyalty over skill. He will not tolerate anyone who tells him NO. That's why we have this mess.

[donkeyotay]

4. If he thought it was legal, why did he do it in secret?

If we don't torture, why do we need a law to make it okay? If the intelligence was so good he'd do it all over again, then why did the intelligence agencies have to be reformed? If corporations aren't buying legislation, then why do they contribute money?
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