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Shocker: Bush Defends Spying After NSA Database Report

Lies, more lies, and damned lies from the Bush administration.

Via MSNBC.

Following a report that the U.S. agency in charge of a domestic spying program is building a database of every phone call made within the country, President Bush told the nation from the White House that all anti-terrorism efforts are within the law.

Facing new concerns in Congress, President Bush did not confirm or deny the report but sought to assure Americans that their privacy is being “fiercely protected.”

“We are not mining or trolling through the personal lives of innocent Americans,” Bush said.

On Capitol Hill, Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he would call phone company executives to appear before the panel “to find out exactly what is going on.”

More here.

Update: One paragraph near the end of this article says it all, folks:

Meanwhile, the Justice Department has abruptly ended an inquiry into the warrantless eavesdropping program because the NSA refused to grant its lawyers the necessary security clearance.

How freeking convenient. I, for one, am appalled.

posted by Fergie @ 5/11/2006 09:46:00 AM