Bush Calls For Greater Wiretap Authority

DEMOCRATS ATTACK BUSH'S ANTI-TERRORISM STRATEGY
[SOURCE: New York Times, AUTHOR: Christine Hauser and David Stout]
Democrats went on the offensive as President Bush, speaking in Atlanta, urged Congress to pass legislation that would give his administration the surveillance tools he said it needed to fight terrorism. The President is seeking Congressional approval for his Terrorist Surveillance Program, which has provoked fierce legal and political debate since it was disclosed last December that the National Security Agency was wiretapping the international communications of some Americans without a court warrant. “The terrorists who want to harm America can now buy disposable cell phones, and open anonymous e-mail addresses. Our laws need to change to take these changes into account,” President Bush said today. “If an Al Qaeda commander or associate is calling into the United States, we need to know why they’re calling. And Congress needs to pass legislation supporting this program.” But as the president was speaking, Senate Democrats were holding a news conference on Capitol Hill to denounce his anti-terrorism policies as “tough but empty rhetoric” and to offer a package of proposals of their own.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/07/washington/08prexycnd.html
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* Bush Calls For Greater Wiretap Authority
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