The Senate Judiciary Committee has a full dance card next Thursday. In addition to dealing with assorted bills, resolutions, and nominations, it is going to consider "Authorization of Subpoenas in Connection with Investigation of Legal Basis for Warrantless Wiretap Program."
According to a Raw Story
"The warrantless wiretapping program has operated for over five years outside of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and without the approval of the FISA Court. The Committee has continued to ask for the legal justification for this sweeping and secret program, and has continually been rebuffed by inadequate and at times, misleading, responses from this Justice Department," said Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee. "The information we have requested has been specific to the legal justification for this program and is firmly within the Committee’s oversight jurisdiction."The Rules Committee on Wednesday for Hans Von Spakosky. Thurdsday, the Judiciary Committee considers warrentless wiretap subpoenas. I hope the Senate air conditioning is turned down low. Next week is going to be hot, hot, hot.
