Jurist Quits; Senators, Constitutional Experts Demand Inquiries

by susanhu
Tue Dec 20th, 2005 at 11:40:38 PM EST

A FISA jurist appointed by the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist has quit the court in protest. And, in a related story, the New York Times is reporting that the eavesdropping-without-warrants operations "has captured what are purely domestic communications." The WaPo story:

Spy Court Judge Quits In Protest
Jurist Concerned Bush Order Tainted Work of Secret Panel

By Carol D. Leonnig and Dafna Linzer
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, December 21, 2005; Page A01

A federal judge has resigned from the court that oversees government surveillance in intelligence cases in protest of President Bush's secret authorization of a domestic spying program, according to two sources.