Saturday, May 31, 2008

Chicago judge named to FISA bench

by Andrew Zajac The Washington-based Secrecy News, a careful observer of government behavior in the capital, has posted this item about the appointment of a pair of federal judges, including James Zagel, of the Northern District of Illinois, to the secret court overseeing government applications for domestic eavesdropping under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. INTEL SURVEILLANCE COURT GETS TWO NEW JUDGES Two new judges were named to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court th