WH unblocks Security Clearance for FISA investigation
Last December, an arm of the Justice Department, the Office of Professional Responsibility sought to examine ethical issues surrounding the roles played by Justice Department lawyers in the FISA eavesdropping program. But its review was blocked when Mr. Bush personally refused security clearances for its investigators. On Monday, DOJ's Glenn Fine informed members of Congress that he was opening an investigation after the White House had agreed to approve the necessary security clearances for members of his staff. here