*** Domestic spy program now subject to court review. ***

The Justice Department, sensing action by the Democratic majority in Congress, has announced an easing of a Bush administration's controversial domestic spying program. This is the same program that has caused consternation to Libertarians because it gave the government unchecked powers to snoop through anyone's mails, phone conversations and other commiunications. The welcomed revised policy now gives an independent body, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) set up by Congress, the authority to approve the monitoring beforehand.