ACLU Demands Update on Status of NSA Surveillance Program As Re-Authorization Deadline Passes...

'WASHINGTON - Following a crucial deadline for the National Security Agency’s domestic surveillance program, the American Civil Liberties Union today called on the administration to explain the status of the operation and urged Congress to fully investigate violations of the law.

"Attorney General Gonzales needs to tell Congress and the public whether the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court has renewed orders authorizing NSA spying, and precisely what those orders authorize," said Caroline Fredrickson, Director of the ACLU Washington Legislative Office. "We urge the Senate Judiciary Committee to demand the truth from Gonzales when he appears before that panel next Tuesday. Congress should insist that he release this information so Americans can know whether or not their phone conversations are private."'

http://www.aclu.org/safefree/nsaspying/29309prs20070411.html