Inside Bush's Secret Spy Net

Your phone records have been enlisted in the war on terrorism. Should that make you worry more or less?

Around the White House, an abrupt change in the President's public schedule is known as an "audible," and generally, it's just about the last thing anyone wants to suggest to a boss so allergic to disruption that he makes people turn off their cell phones when he is in the room. But last week, when USA Today broke a story that the government has been secretly keeping track of the phone calls that tens of millions of ordinary Americans are making each day, it was George W. Bush who proposed an impromptu appearance before the television cameras. "I want to say...

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