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报告： 白宫认为暗中侦察更加宽广地比早先被承认
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布什政府的高级情报官员承认一个有争议的国内监视节目只是更加宽广的暗中侦察的努力的一份，在它的星期三编辑报告的华盛顿邮报。
国家情报McConnell在信件写的麦克主任国家安全代办处的国内暗中侦察的节目的其他方面依然是分类，岗位说。
“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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