Why did the administration resort to warrantless spying when the national security court issued all the warrants requested in 2002?This from a letter to the Director of US Courts from then-Attorney General John Ashcroft:
"During calendar year 2002, 1228 applications were made to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for electronic surveillance and physical search. The Court initially approved 1226 applications in 2002. Two applications were "approved as modified," and the United States appealed these applications to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review, as applications having been denied in part. On November 18, 2002, the Court of Review issued a judgment that "ordered and adjudged that the motions for review be granted...."
You can read the whole letter here. (FAS/DoJ)
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