The vote count was 13-3. Marcy has more...Feingold: It has been more than a year and a half since it was first disclosed that the President authorize
June 26, 2007

The vote count was 13-3. Marcy has more...Feingold:

It has been more than a year and a half since it was first disclosed that the President authorized an illegal warrantless wiretapping program.  After a year and a half of stonewalling by the Administration, the Judiciary Committee is finally taking appropriate action by issuing subpoenas for inform ation that will tell us how and why high-ranking officials authorized this illegal program. The bipartisan support for issuing these subpoenas demonstrates that both Democrats and Republicans are fed up with the misleading st atements from the Attorney General and the Administration about this illegal program. 

" Though most members of the Committee have been kept in the dark about the program, the Administr ation has asked us to overhaul the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. It would be wrong for this committee to even consider legislation making wholesale changes to the FISA statute without access to information about how the executive branch and the judicial branch interpret th at law.  These subpoenas will help make sure that Congress finally starts getting the answers it deserves."

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