Representatives Demand Congressional Hearings Into Bush's Secret Domestic Spying Order
Congressional leaders of both parties called for hearings and issued condemnations yesterday in the wake of reports that President Bush signed a secret order in 2002 allowing the National Security Agency to spy on hundreds of U.S. citizens and other residents without court-approved warrants. Bush declined to discuss the domestic eavesdropping program in a television interview, but he joined his aides in saying that the government acted lawfully and did not intrude on citizens' rights.
On Hill, Anger and Calls for Hearings Greet News of Stateside Surveillance, Washington Post, December 17, 2005.
