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Here’s the link to an interesting Newsmax article on FISA:

Contrary to claims by Democrats currently hyperventilating on Capitol Hill over President Bush’s decision to use the National Security Agency to monitor communications among terrorists, Bush’s so-called “illegal” spy program has indeed undergone judicial review. And a special foreign intelligence surveillance appeals court set up to review the case confirmed that such “warrantless searches” were completely legal.
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The court’s decision went on to say: “We take for granted that the President does have that authority and, assuming that is so, FISA could not encroach on the President’s constitutional power.” What’s more, notes the Journal: “The two district court judges who have presided over the FISA court since 9/11 also knew about” the Bush surveillance program.

To summarize this article, Bush’s “illegal” spy program has undergone judicial review, which said “We take for granted that the President does have that authority and, assuming that is so, FISA could not encroach on the President’s constitutional power.”

This article also includes something that I didn’t know: that district courts preside over the FISA court. Hey, I told you I’m not a lawyer.

Cross-posted at LetFreedomRing

This entry was posted on Wednesday, December 21st, 2005 at 6:31 am and is filed under Author: Gary Gross, Homeland Security, Law, Terrorism, W. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.