More than 50 in Congress write Bush demanding special counsel to investigate NSA surveillance

RAW STORYPublished: Friday May 12, 2006

Over 50 in Congress have signed a letter demanding that President Bush appoint a special counsel to investigate reports of domestic surveillance conducted by the National Security Agency, RAW STORY has learned.

This move came late yesterday, after a USA Today report revealed that the U.S. had assembled a database of all calls made by U.S. users of most major telephone carriers. One official is quoted in the report as calling the database the "largest ever assembled."
Democrats, who currently hold a minority position in both houses of Congress, have repeatedly made calls for investigations that went unanswered.

The letter, in its entirety, follows: >>>cont

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