Dems Ask For Classified Briefing On FISA

Democrats have been hammered by Republicans in Congress and White House officials for two weeks over a lapsed surveillance bill, and now they're demanding access to classified information used to justify the intelligence law. The effort has been led by liberal House Democrats like Reps. John Tierney of Massachusetts and Jan Schakowsky of Illinois, but the group got backing from one of the top intelligence experts on Wednesday afternoon _ Jane Harman of California. Harman, a moderate Democrat, is formerly the ranking member on the Intelligence Committee. Read more...

Posted by Editor at February 28, 2008 10:39 AM