"The 11-judge court was set up in the wake of the Watergate scandal in the President Richard M. Nixon era, and is best described as a rubber-stamp for giving the federal government carte blanche powers to spy on Americans at home or abroad.
Walton, a President George W. Bush appointee to the district court, has presided over a number of high-profile cases in the District of Columbia, including the prosecutions of Scooter Libby, Roger Clemens and various habeas corpus cases from Guantanamo Bay detainees"
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Secret Surveillance Court Gets New Presiding Judge
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Perhaps the only thing we know about the ongoings of the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court -- other than it granting the government unfettered spy powers -- is that it's getting a new presiding judge. The 11-judge court was set up in the wake of the Watergate scandal in the President Ri...
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Judge Walton Named Presiding Judge of FISA Court
Judge Walton Named Presiding Judge of FISA Court February 6th, 2013 by Steven Aftergood Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts has appointed Judge Reggie B. Walton of the D.C. District ...