Libby trial judge joins secret FISA court

Did anyone miss this??

http://www.upi.com/Security_Terrorism/Briefing/2007/05/24/libby_trial_judge_joins_secret_fisa_court/9180/

WASHINGTON, May 24 (UPI) -- The judge who presided over the trial of vice presidential aide Lewis Libby has been appointed to the secret court that oversees U.S. intelligence wiretaps. Reggie Walton, a judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, was appointed to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court by U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts effective May 19.

He replaces Judge Claude Hilton of the Eastern District of Virginia, whose term expired May 18. The appointment was first reported by the Federation of American Scientists' Secrecy News e-newsletter.

The secret court, established by the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, considers in classified hearings requests from the U.S. Justice Department for authorization to conduct electronic surveillance and physical searches within the United States of those suspected of being foreign spies or terrorists.

:shrug:

It's not a full-time gig.

So whats he going to do all day, nothing.