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Twelve of the 14 judges who have served this year on the most secret court in America are Republicans and half are former prosecutors.
In the wake of the Guardian's revelations, Reggie Walton, presiding judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (Fisa), said claims that the body was unduly acquiescent to the government's requests for surveillance orders were "absolutely false".
The judge in the CIA leak case got threatening letters when he ordered Vice President Richard B. Cheney's former chief of staff to prison.
Twelve of the 14 judges who have served this year on the most secret court in America are Republicans and half are former prosecutors.