As previously reported, the new chairman of the Judiciary Committee Senator Leahy plans to increase oversight of government programs, placing a high priority on privacy issues. BNA Money and Politics (subscription required) reported on Leahy's speech at Georgetown University Law Center. There are also plans to create a Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law. Leahy was quoted in The New York Times saying, "the White House accelerated its power plays at the expense of the other branches of government — all in the name of fighting terrorism."