The Justice Department is still refusing to give all requested information about NSA wiretapping to Congress. Not all, but some key pieces of information, according to AP and the Guardian..
Responding in 75 typed pages, the department clarified some points in the three-month-old debate over the program. But it also left many questions unanswered, citing the need for national security.
It's hard to see how "national security" comes into play with respect to many Congressional requests for informtion. For example:
Lawmakers also asked whether federal judges on a secretive intelligence court objected to the program and, if so, how the administration responded. The department wouldn't answer, citing the need to protect classified information.
Still, the information which was disclosed is quite startling.
The National Security Agency could have legally monitored ordinarily confidential communications between doctors and patients or attorneys and their clients, the Justice Department said Friday of its controversial warrantless surveillance program.
