Only few saw the key FISA court rulings

ONLY A FEW SAW THE KEY FISA COURT RULINGS
[SOURCE: The Hill, AUTHOR: Helen Fessenden]
Only a handful of lawmakers have seen a set of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court rulings on eavesdropping that have been cited by the Bush administration and Republicans as one of the principle reasons to transfer authority away from the court to the attorney general and director of national intelligence (DNI). The House and Senate intelligence committees are the only full panels that have read the rulings issued earlier this year on the National Security Agency’s surveillance program, according to panel members and aides. The decisions, widely discussed even though they remain classified to this day, likely will come under greater scrutiny as Congress battles over legislation to update the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) before an interim rewrite of the bill expires Feb. 5.
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