Judge resigns from secret court, apparently over domestic spying

Thursday, December 22, 2005

WASHINGTON -- A federal judge has resigned from a special court set up to oversee government surveillance, apparently in protest of President Bush's secret authorization of a domestic spying program on people with suspected terrorist ties.

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