The FISA court is arranging a formal briefing where the administration will (in theory) explain its warrantless spying program.
- Will there be any analogue of opposing counsel there? Will someone be asking hard questions of the administration, or will it simply be the administration people giving a presentation to the judges and then the judges having to decide to quit or not? Why is this not a matter for a hearing of the ordinary sort?
- Note that this WP article quietly confirms Ars Technica’s analysis of what the illegal spying program actually entailed…
Yonatan Zunger’s Blog 
at least the court won’t have to subpoena anyone to get its briefing.
at least the court won’t have to subpoena anyone to get its briefing.