FISA judges concerned over Bush-authorized eavesdropping

after yesterday's announcement that one of the fisa judges had resigned, apparently in protest over the bush administration's illegal spying activity, the chief fisa judge is now convening the other judges to discuss their concerns in the matter...

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.

george... even your best friends are now telling you, your ass is hanging out so far, it's impossible not to notice...

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