Έκθεση: Ο λευκός οίκος λέει την κατασκόπευση ευρύτερη από προηγουμένως αναγνωρισμένη

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Ο κορυφαίος ανώτερος υπάλληλος νοημοσύνης της διοίκησης των Μπους έχει αναγνωρίσει ότι ένα αμφισβητούμενο εσωτερικό πρόγραμμα επιτήρησης ήταν μόνο ένα μέρος μιας πολύ ευρύτερης προσπάθειας κατασκόπευσης, Washington Post που αναφέρθηκε στην έκδοση Τετάρτης του.

Ο διευθυντής της εθνικής νοημοσύνης Mike McConnell έγραψε σε μια επιστολή ότι άλλες πλευρές του εσωτερικού προγράμματος κατασκόπευσης της εθνικής αντιπροσωπείας ασφάλειας παραμένουν ταξινομημένες, το ταχυδρομείο εν λόγω.

“That is the only aspect of the NSA activities that can be discussed publicly because it is the only aspect of those various activities whose existence has been officially acknowledged,” McConnell wrote, according to the Post.

Bush acknowledged the existence of a program that monitored domestic phone calls and e-mails without court oversight in December 2005. The administration has not confirmed other secret spying efforts reported by news outlets, such as one that searched millions of telephone records.

Bush signed an executive order that authorized “a number of … intelligence activities” following the hijacking attacks of September 11, 2001, McConnell wrote.

The warrantless wiretapping program was put under court supervision in January but the administration now wants Congress to allow it to do many of the same activities without a court order.

The letter was sent on Tuesday to Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee.

The letter was written to defend Attorney General Alberto

Gonzales, who has been under attack over his testimony to Congress about the warrantless spying program, the Post said.

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