Justice Department asks court to keep wiretapping challenges secret

[babsbunny]

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Bush_asks_court_to_keep_wiretapping_0730.html

John Byrne
Published: Wednesday July 30, 2008


In a little-reported brief filed late Tuesday with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, the Bush administration asked the court to keep any review of the warrantless wiretapping law passed earlier this year by Congress secret.

The administration also asked that the court refuse to accept legal briefs from anyone other than the Justice Department itself.

The filing, made by the Justice Department, comes in response to a motion filed by the American Civil Liberties Union earlier this month asking the court to ensure that any proceedings relating to the "scope, meaning or constitutionality of the FISA Amendments Act" be as transparent as possible.

[Hydra]

1. What a surprise

:sarcasm:

Is this the "oversight" the apologists for the FISA gutting were talking about?

[jtrockville]

2. Up is down, black is white

Transparency is Secrecy