In other news, the White House is refusing to comply with a Senate Judiciary Committee request it hand over its own legal opinions on President Bush’s domestic spying program. According to the New York Times, Justice Department officials said the opinions were irrelevant because the administration has already publicly laid out its legal defense for the program. But Democratic Senator Charles Schumer of New York, who serves on the Judiciary Committee, said: “Without the Justice Department memos and without more witnesses, it’s hard to se how anything other than a rehashing of the administration line is going to happen. I am worried that these hearings could end up telling us very little when the American people are thirsty to find out what happened here.” The committee is set to hold its first public hearing on the program Monday.