Justice Department reviews role in eavesdropping program - Yahoo! News

Justice Department reviews role in eavesdropping program - Yahoo! News: "Tue Nov 28, 12:23 AM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Justice Department is launching an internal review of its participation in the Bush administration's controversial domestic eavesdropping program, the department's inspector general told congressional leaders on Monday.
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The review, which congressional Democrats have sought for nearly a year, will examine the Justice Department's role in the warrantless domestic spying program run by the super-secret National Security Agency (NSA), Justice Department Inspector General Glenn Fine said.

'After conducting initial inquiries into the program, we have decided to open a program review that will examine the department's controls and use of information related to the program and the department's compliance with legal requirements governing the program,' Fine said in a letter.

The letter was sent to
House Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner, a Wisconsin Republican, and Rep. John Conyers (news, bio, voting record), the Michigan Democrat who will succeed Sensenbrenner as head of the panel in January."