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Bush Seeking to Rename 'Domestic Spying' as 'Terrorist Surveillance'

Spin, spin, spin.

Via MSNBC.

President Bush heads to the National Security Agency on Wednesday for another speech defending his controversial spying program, one that he insists should be called a “terrorist surveillance program” — not domestic spying without a warrant.

In a speech to NSA staff, Bush is expected to reiterate his claim that he has the constitutional authority to have intelligence officials listen in on international phone calls of Americans with suspected ties to terrorists without court approval.

The White House says the program is not domestic spying, since one end of the phone call or e-mail is always outside the United States. A better term, the president said Monday, would be the “terrorist surveillance program.”

posted by Fergie @ 1/25/2006 06:31:00 AM