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To: Brumar89 who wrote (297730)7/31/2006 1:14:27 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1573061
 
"But the MSM sources are very opaque on this point. Apparently only calls where one end is overseas were monitored."

That is counter to the evidence.

President Bush signed a secret order in 2002 authorizing the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on U.S. citizens and foreign nationals in the United States, despite previous legal prohibitions against such domestic spying, sources with knowledge of the program said last night.

washingtonpost.com

Of course, since then it has come out that it is actually wider than that.