New FISA court appointee was Libby judge.

“Judge Reggie B. Walton was appointed to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court by the Chief Justice of the United States effective May 19,” Secrecy News reports. The FISA court “is composed of eleven District Court judges who are responsible for authorizing government requests for electronic surveillance and physical search of suspected foreign agents or terrorists within the United States.” Walton, a Bush appointee, “has gained prominence lately as the presiding judge in the trial of former Vice Presidential aide Lewis ‘Scooter’ Libby.”