Bush Authorized Domestic Spying before 9/11
James Risen, author of the book "State of War," and credited with first breaking the story about the NSA's domestic surveillance operations, said President Bush personally authorized a change in the agency's long-standing policies shortly after he was sworn in in 2001. "The president personally and directly authorized new operations, like the NSA's domestic surveillance program."
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/011306Z.shtml
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/011306Z.shtml
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