For the first few years of the program's operation, only three Justice Department lawyers were aware of the highly classified initiative, and intelligence analysts whose "scary memos" helped certify the program initially were kept in the dark by supervisors who sometimes ordered up more data to prepare a "compelling case," the watchdog report said.
'Inappropriate' Secrecy Hurt Surveillance Effort, Report Says
State and county officials cannot show how billions of dollars collected through a voter-approved tax on...
