The U.S. government has asked a pair of federal judges to dismiss legal challenges to the Bush administration’s controversial domestic eaves dropping program, arguing any court action in the cases would jeopardize secrets in the ongoing war on terrorism.

The President has bestowed on his intelligence czar, John Negroponte, broad authority to excuse publicly traded companies from their usual accounting and securities-disclosure obligations.

CIA Director Porter Goss Resigns Abruptly - Bloggers Two Steps Ahead of the Media

FBI agents are investigating what happened in the hotel’s posh suites, which defense contractor Brent Wilkes turned into party suites for politicians and CIA officers.