House Minority Leader John Boehner disclosed in a Fox News interview that a federal intelligence court judge earlier this year secretly declared a key element of the Bush administration's wiretapping efforts illegal. This explains the flurry of activity among GOP lawmakers to try to expand the President's powers to conduct spying.
Accoding to some Government officials, Boehners remarks concerned classified information and were not for public consumption. Seems the Bush Administration's black box of secrecy is leaking a little too much. Rep. Rahm Emanuel (Ill.), the House Democratic Caucus chairman, said yesterday that "John should remember the old adage: Loose lips very much sink ships."
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