Gonzales also said he will likely block the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court from disclosing details of the new orders authorizing the government spying. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly says she has no objection to releasing the material to Congress but that the Justice Department holds final say.

Democratic Senator Russ Feingold: “It is an important moment in the history of our Constitution that this program has now been terminated and is now within the FISA statute, and I do hope that we notice the importance of the moment in terms of our constitutional history.”