백악관은 전화가 "당분간"에 후에 도청한ㄴ다는 것을 밝힌다

부시 행정부는 토요일 미국에 밝혔다. 통신 회사는 백악관과 의회 정상 사이 진행하는 전투에도 불구하고 도청한다, 새로운 공포정치 감시 입법" 첩보 기관'와 "당분간 협력하는 것을 동의했다.국가 정보의 지도자의 사법부 그리고 사무실은 현재 법률의 밑에 발행했다 합동 계산서 말을 도청한다 적어도 당분간 다시 시작할 것이다 "."

“Although our private partners are cooperating for the time being, they have expressed understandable misgivings about doing so in light of the ongoing uncertainty and have indicated they may well discontinue cooperation if the uncertainty persists,” the statement said.

On Friday U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey and Director of National Intelligence Michael McConnell said telecommunications firms have been reluctant to cooperate with new wiretaps since six-month temporary legislation expired last weekend. As a result, they told Congress, spy agencies have missed intelligence.

Democrats accused the Bush administration of fear-mongering and blamed it for any gaps.

President George W. Bush has said he would not compromise with the Democratic-led Congress on his demand that phone companies be shielded from lawsuits for taking part in his warrantless domestic spying program.

The measure passed by the Senate would provide retroactive lawsuit immunity to firms which cooperated with warrantless wiretaps that Bush authorized after the September 11 attacks. But the House of Representatives has opposed it, and Democratic leaders of both chambers said they would try to find a compromise.

Democratic leaders of congressional intelligence and judiciary committees issued a statement on Friday saying they were committed to passing new legislation and urged Bush to support an extension of the temporary law. Bush has said he would hold out for a permanent overhaul of the 1978 surveillance law.

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