On Capitol Hill, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is testifying today before the Senate over the Bush administration’s domestic spying program. While Gonzales is expected to claim the Bush administration can legally carry out the warrantless spying, Senate Judiciary Committee Arlen Specter has admitted the administration’s legal reasoning does not hold up. He appeared on Tim Russert’s program Meet the Press on Sunday. Meanwhile a new article in the Washington Post raises questions over the effectiveness of the domestic spy program.. Intelligence officers who took part in the eavesdropping on thousands of Americans say they dismissed nearly all of them as potential suspects after hearing nothing pertinent to a terrorist threat. According to the Post, fewer than 10 U.S. citizens or residents a year have aroused enough suspicion during warrantless eavesdropping to justify interception of their domestic calls.
AG Gonzales to Testify Before Senate Over Domestic Spying
HeadlineFeb 06, 2006