By Jeremy Jacobs, The Hill
The Senate Judiciary Committee continued to ramp up its pressure on the White House Thursday, authorizing Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) to subpoena documents relating to the administration’s warrantless wiretapping program.
Republican Sens. Orrin Hatch (Utah), Chuck Grassley (Iowa) and ranking member Arlen Specter (Pa.) joined all Democrats on the panel in subpoenaing both the Executive Office of the President and the Department of Justice for documents relating to the authorization of and legal justification for the wiretapping program.
Leahy noted that the committee has met resistance only from the administration in trying to obtain documents relating to the program.
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