1.  What ruling did a federal appeals court make yesteday regarding President Bush's terrorist surveillance program?

2.  What arguments do critics make about the program?

3.  a) List the three factors the judges of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals took into account before ruling that the program can continue pending an appeal. 
b) According to the judges, how did the Justice Department meet the standard for continuing the program until the appeal is complete?

4.  What information do you learn about the terrorist surveillance program in paragraph 5?

5.  a) Who reavealed the existence of the surveillance program? 
b) What group then filed a lawsuit seeking to end the program? 

6.  a) Based on District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor's ruling that the program is unconstitutional, what did President Bush ask Congress to do? 
b) Why hasn't Congress done so yet?

7.  How did the Bush administration respond to critics who say they should not have a terrorist surveillance program, but rather work through the court set up under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)? 

8.  Do you support or oppose the terrorist surveillance program?  Explain your answer.