DOJ: ‘Novel Legal Issues’ Necessitated Surveillance Delay | Talking Points Memo

Among the unanswered questions from the nine-hour delay in May for eavesdropping on the communications of Iraqi insurgents: Why did it take four hours for an emergency-FISA-warrant request to be sent to the Justice Department’s FISA office after the National Security Agency’s general counsel determined there was sufficient probable cause?


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=179738