The letter was copied to H. Marshall Jarrett, Counsel for the Office of Professional Responsibility.
The OPR may conduct an investigation, APN has learned.
However, that's not what members of US Congress really have requested, 15 members of Congress replied, in a letter dated January 9, 2006, back to the USDOJ.
Meanwhile, the DOD was not prepared to deal with the matter, as per their letter, dated January 10, 2006.
"Thank you for the letter from you and your colleagues dated December 20, 2005, concerning press reports of certain surveillance activates by the National Security Agency (NSA). We have determined that the Inspector General of NSA is already actively reviewing aspects of that program. The NSA's Office of Inspector General is a well-staffed, highly professional organization with considerable expertise in the oversight of electronic surveillance, and we work closely with them on a number of issues... The program you inquire about is highly classified. In light of those facts and... our confidence in the competence and integrity of the NSA Inspector General and his staff, we have referred your letter to him with the suggestion that he review it and reply through the appropriate channel, which in this instance would be the Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. He has agreed to do so," the letter, from Thomas Gimble of the DOD, stated.
"Should you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact me or Mr. John R. Crane, Assistant Inspector General for Communications and Congressional Liaison at (703)604-8324," the letter stated.
US Rep. Diane Watson (D-CA) gave moving testimony last week to a basement hearing held by the partisan minority members of the House Judiciary Committee. "We all know we face an enemy out there that's really an ideological enemy. We all know that there are plans, draconian plans, to destroy American society," Watson said, according to a transcript by Miller Reporting, Inc., posted on BradBlog.
"But we have an administration that chooses to operate in the dark," Watson said.
"And so I'm hoping that... members of the public will shed some light on what they feel... and maybe give us some direction that we can take... The trust that the people put in us to serve on their behalf and to speak for them is being violated. We've got to do something about it," Watson said.
For previous coverage of calls to impeach President Bush over the issue of domestic wiretapping, and others, please see:
Bush Impeachment Inquiry Has 8 House Co-Sponsors
http://www.atlantaprogressivenews.com/pages/14/index.htm
US Rep. Lewis (D-GA) Suggests Bush Impeachment
http://www.atlantaprogressivenews.com/pages/13/index.htm
Sens. Kennedy, Feingold Keep Bush Impeachment on Table
http://www.atlantaprogressivenews.com/pages/16/index.htm
The OPR may conduct an investigation, APN has learned.
However, that's not what members of US Congress really have requested, 15 members of Congress replied, in a letter dated January 9, 2006, back to the USDOJ.
Meanwhile, the DOD was not prepared to deal with the matter, as per their letter, dated January 10, 2006.
"Should you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact me or Mr. John R. Crane, Assistant Inspector General for Communications and Congressional Liaison at (703)604-8324," the letter stated.
US Rep. Diane Watson (D-CA) gave moving testimony last week to a basement hearing held by the partisan minority members of the House Judiciary Committee. "We all know we face an enemy out there that's really an ideological enemy. We all know that there are plans, draconian plans, to destroy American society," Watson said, according to a transcript by Miller Reporting, Inc., posted on BradBlog.
"But we have an administration that chooses to operate in the dark," Watson said.
"And so I'm hoping that... members of the public will shed some light on what they feel... and maybe give us some direction that we can take... The trust that the people put in us to serve on their behalf and to speak for them is being violated. We've got to do something about it," Watson said.
For previous coverage of calls to impeach President Bush over the issue of domestic wiretapping, and others, please see:
Bush Impeachment Inquiry Has 8 House Co-Sponsors
http://www.atlantaprogressivenews.com/pages/14/index.htm
US Rep. Lewis (D-GA) Suggests Bush Impeachment
http://www.atlantaprogressivenews.com/pages/13/index.htm
Sens. Kennedy, Feingold Keep Bush Impeachment on Table
http://www.atlantaprogressivenews.com/pages/16/index.htm
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