Specter Wants A.G.'s Testimony on Spying

The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Sunday he has asked Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to testify during open hearings on the legality of the Bush administration's domestic spying program.

Hearings are planned for early February into the National Security Agency program that President Bush approved in 2002, said Sen. Arlen Specter (news, bio, voting record), R-Pa. They will examine whether the congressional resolution authorizing the president to use force against Iraq allowed eavesdropping without a court order, as the administration contends, he said.

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