Eric Umansky, (another temporary blogspot refugee), writes and asks me to post, that he's just spoken to NSA expert James "Bamford, who says that in the FISA court's 20 year history it has only rejected one warrant request. That was then kicked up to a FISA appeals court (the only time that court has ever convened) and that court in turn approved the request... In other words, what was the point in avoiding the courts? Just like many of the administration's more shady decisions, the risk-reward here was all screwy..." Update: Any information on the new John "Organ Failure" Yoo legal defense fund? More here.

Posted by Laura at December 16, 2005 05:34 PM