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報告： 白宮認為暗中偵察更加寬廣地比早先被承認
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布什政府的高級情報官員承認一個有爭議的國內監視節目只是更加寬廣的暗中偵察的努力的一份，在它的星期三編輯報告的華盛頓郵報。
國家情報McConnell在信件寫的麥克主任國家安全代辦處的國內暗中偵察的節目的其他方面依然是分類，崗位說。
“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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