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"Surveillance Court Quietly Moving; Some Say Previous Location, in Justice Dept., Gave an Impression of Bias"

"Surveillance Court Quietly Moving; Some Say Previous Location, in Justice Dept., Gave an Impression of Bias": Today's edition of The Washington Post contains an article that begins, "First, the workers encased the room in reinforced concrete. Then came the thick wood-and-metal doors that seal into the walls. Behind those walls they labored in secret for two years, building a courtroom, judge's chambers and clerk's offices. The only sign that they were done came recently, when biometric hand scanners and green 'Restricted Access' placards were placed at the entrances. What workers have finally completed -- or perhaps not; few really know, and none would say -- is the nation's most secure courtroom for its most secretive court. In coming days, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court will move from its current base at the Justice Department and settle into a new $2 million home just off a public hallway in the District's federal courthouse."

Full post as published by How Appealing on March 02, 2009 (boomark / email).