Freedom

Secret Court Asks For White House View on Inquiry

ACLU Seeking Rulings Issued On Warrantless Wiretapping
By Dan Eggen / The Washington Post
A secret U.S. intelligence court has ordered the Bush administration to register its views about a records request by the American Civil Liberties Union, which wants the court to release a series of pivotal orders issued earlier this year about the National Security Agency's wiretapping program. The move is highly unusual, because the court -- which approves warrants for electronic surveillance within the United States by intelligence and counterterrorism agencies -- operates in almost total secrecy and has made only one ruling public in its 29-year history. Full story...

Posted by Editor at August 20, 2007 06:28 AM