White House Will Brief a Few Lawmakers About Domestic Surveillance
The White House, facing a potentially tough Senate grilling of its choice to head the CIA, agreed yesterday to expand the number of lawmakers who will receive classified briefings on the administration's anti-terrorism efforts that include warrantless wiretaps of domestic phone calls and e-mails. The administration previously had insisted on briefing only a small fraction of Congress's 535 members, saying larger gatherings were likely to result in leaks of secret information. The White House agreed to brief 21 members of the House and 16 Senators.
More Lawmakers to Be Privy to Classified Briefings, Washington Post, May 17, 2006.
