Utah Judge Appointed to the Intelligence Surveillance Court
U.S. Supreme Court Justice William H. Rehnquist appointed Dee Benson to serve on the secretive 11-member intelligence surveillance court. Judge Benson who served as Utah's Chief Federal Judge will serve on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance court until 2011. The judges on the court rotate every week or so to hear cases. The U.S. Justice Department figures reflect that 1,727 warrants were issued by this Court in 2003, which is a huge increase over the 934 approved in 2001.
Judge named to intelligence surveillance court in D.C., Salt Lake City Tribune, May 30, 2004
