Government
Jul. 12, 2013
California judges shunned from court that authorizes government spying
The hush-hush 11-judge Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court that authorizes governmental spying has been around since the 1970s - but has had only one California judge on its roster over the decades.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The hush-hush 11-judge Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court that authorizes governmental spying has been around since the 1970s - but has had only one California judge on its roster over the decades. He was the late U.S. District Judge Thomas J. MacBride of Sacramento, a President John F. Kennedy appointee to the bench. Former Chief Justice Warren E. Berger placed MacBride on what has become known as the FISA...
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