Bush, Congress in spy bill standoff
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With a deadline looming, President Bush and congressional Democrats are locked in a standoff over the government's authority to spy on foreign phone calls and e-mails that pass through the United States.
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Congress on Tuesday struck back at the Bush administration's trend toward secrecy since the 2001 terrorist attacks, passing legislation to toughen the Freedom of Information Act and increasing penalties on agencies that don't comply.
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The Bush administration gave guarded support to several terrorist surveillance bills Wednesday as Congress took up the sensitive issue of how to give legal backing to the president's warrantless wiretapping.
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President Bush's stalled anti-terrorism agenda edged forward Tuesday, with a rebellious House member rewriting her bill on wiretaps more to his liking and maverick Senate Republicans reopening talks over how to handle detainees.
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FORT MEADE, Maryland  - President George W. Bush urged Congress on Wednesday to expand the government's domestic spying powers permanently or risk leaving the country vulnerable to another terrorist attack.
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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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Now that Congress is on the verge of giving the President the legislation he wants on interrogating terror suspects, the partisan posturing over the bill is heating up
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President Bush yesterday said he would work with Congress to pass a bill overhauling the nation&#39;s intelligence services for the struggle against
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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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Congress is unlikely to approve a bill giving President Bush's warrantless wiretapping program legal status and new restrictions before the November midterm elections, dealing a significant blow to one of the White House's top wartime priorities.
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GEORGE BUSH declared war yesterday on rebellious Republicans in Congress who ambushed an ambitious intelligence reform Bill that was supposed to make America safer.
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The deadline for the White House to turn over secret spying documents looms.  Will the President say no to another Congress committee?
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Senate Democrats and Republicans reached agreement with the Bush administration yesterday on the terms of new legislation to control the federal government's domestic surveillance program, which includes a highly controversial grant of legal immunity to telecommunications companies that have...
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Trying to stare down a revolt from   fellow Republicans, President George W. Bush warned on Friday   that time was running out for Congress to save a crucial CIA   interrogation program for suspected terrorists.
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Sweeping proposal by several in GOP would do away with CIA, strip some spy duties from Pentagon. US Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan. said he will submit legislation that would do the following: The position would
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A White House-backed bill that would   enable a secret court to review President George W. Bush's   warrantless domestic spying program won approval on Wednesday   from the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.
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A bill backed by President George W.   Bush to enable a court review of his domestic spying program   won the approval on Wednesday of a U.S. Senate panel under   election-year pressure to safeguard civil liberties.