the bad news:

The Bush administration helped derail a Senate bid to investigate a warrantless eavesdropping program yesterday after signaling it would reject Congress’s request to have former attorney general John D. Ashcroft and other officials testify about the program’s legality. The actions underscored a dramatic and possibly permanent drop in momentum for a congressional inquiry, which had seemed likely two months ago.

Although, there’s a silver lining:

Yesterday, a federal judge ordered the Justice Department to turn over its internal documents and legal opinions about the program within 20 days — or explain its reasons for refusing. (emphasis mine)

Considering how dumb their reasoning has been so far for the program itself, that judge is in for his best laugh in years…

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