The battle over the Bush administration’s warrantless wiretapping efforts escalated Monday as the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee threatened to hold White House officials in contempt for flouting an already-extended deadline to respond to a June subpoena. The subpoena by the Senate Judiciary Committee requested documents providing the legal justifications for the warrantless wiretapping program.
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The battle over the Bush administration’s warrantless wiretapping efforts escalated Monday as the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee threatened to hold White House officials in contempt for flouting an already-extended deadline to respond to a June subpoena. The subpoena by the Senate Judiciary Committee requested documents providing the legal justifications for the warrantless wiretapping program.