Bush calls for expansion of spy law
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President Bush said Wednesday he wants Congress to expand and make permanent a law that temporarily gives the government more power to eavesdrop without warrants on suspected foreign terrorists.
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President Bush and top aides are  stepping up pressure on congressional negotiators to reach  agreement this week on post-Sept. 11 reforms of U.S. spy  agencies, officials said on Wednesday.
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(Washington, DC-NBC) Dec. 17, 2004 - President Bush on Friday signs into law the largest overhaul of US intelligence gathering in a half century.
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President George W. Bush on Wednesday said he would oppose another temporary extension of a law empowering U.S. spy agencies to track communications of terrorism suspects without a court order and pressed Congress for a long-term fix.
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WASHINGTON -- US President George W. Bush signed executive orders yesterday designed to strengthen the CIA director&#39;s power over US intelligence agencies and create a national counter-terrorism centre, responding to election-year pressure to enact changes
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Democrats and Republicans are urging President Bush to press holdout GOP lawmakers to get compromise legislation overhauling US intelligence agencies passed this year.
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U.S. President George Bush called on Congress Monday night to broaden&#160;protection for telecommunications carriers&#160;that helped the government monitor phone calls and e-mail.The Protect America Act, which allows the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) to intercept phone calls and e-mails of suspected terrorists without first obtaining a court warrant, is due to expire Friday and Bush called for its extension as part of his final State of the Union address.&quot;To protect America, we need to know who the terrorists are talking to, what they are saying, and what they are planning,&quot; he said in the televised address. &quot;Last year, Congress passed legislation to help us do that. Unfortunately, Congress set the legislation to expire on Feb.1. This means that if you do not act by Friday, our ability to track terrorist threats would be weakened and our citizens will be in greater danger. Congress must ensure the flow of vital intelligence is not disrupted.&quot;Failure to extend the legislation won&#39;t just hit the NSA. The telecommunications carriers that worked with the agency despite the lack of court warrants also face privacy lawsuits and an extension to the legislation would provide them legal protection. Bush touched on that point as well.&quot;Congress must pass liability protection for companies believed to have assisted in the efforts to defend America. We&#39;ve had ample time for debate. The time to act is now,&quot; said Bush to applause from mostly Republican members of the audience. Vice President Dick Cheney, seated behind Bush, also applauded the call.Cheney and the White House last week pushed Congress to extend the act and provide protection for telecom carriers. AT&amp;T and other carriers are facing lawsuits in San Francisco by civil liberties groups and individuals who allege that the surveillance program is illegal.Earlier Monday, efforts by Republicans to curtail debate in the U.S. Senate and force a vote on an extension to the act failed, and debate is due to resume Tuesday.&#160;
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US President George W. Bush on Friday signed into law the biggest US intelligence overhaul in more than 50 years, including the creation of a new national intelligence chief to oversee the country&#39;s spy network.
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The Bush administration is working to persuade Congress to pass legislation protecting companies who aid the N.S.A.âs warrantless eavesdropping program.
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WASHINGTON - Amid a heated election-year debate on intelligence reform, President Bush prepared to sign executive orders Friday strengthening the powers of the CIA director and establishing a new national counterterrorism center.    The moves will "improve our ability to find, track and stop terrorists," White House press secretary Scott McClellan said...
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President Bush yesterday signed executive orders expanding the authority of the CIA director in what aides said was a first step toward enacting the intelligence reforms recommended by the bipartisan Sept.
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President Bush pressed Congress on   Thursday to approve new military tribunals to try terrorism   suspects, a day after he admitted the CIA ran secret prisons   overseas where accused militants were detained.
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President Bush will issue an executive order today that will grant more power to the director of central intelligence.
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The Bush administration, facing withering criticism over its temporary foreign intelligence wiretap law, has launched a campaign to assure Democratic lawmakers that the law will not result in domestic surveillance without a court order, and at the same time it has indicated that it is willing to ...
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Congress to try for SPY ACT law by year's end.
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DNA testing would be expanded to better catch the guilty and clear the innocent under legislation passed by the U.S. Congress and headed to President Bush to sign into law.
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ANCHORENA PARK, Uruguay  - President Bush pledged swift action on Saturday over findings that the FBI illegally or improperly obtained private records during terrorism and espionage investigations.