Bush Tries to Clarify Apparently Misleading Remarks About Wiretaps

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Bush Tries to Clarify Apparently Misleading Remarks About Wiretaps

Posted on Jan 1, 2006

The president attempts to explain how his 2004 claim that “a wiretap requires court orders” squares with his warrantless surveillance program. Times reporter Eric Licthblau calls Bush’s comments “at odds” with those of his senior aides.

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