Though it will mean nothing to the demented Democrats, they can at least read what the other side of the story is claiming.....
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The administration first used the term "Terrorist Surveillance Program" in early 2006 to refer publicly to a particular intelligence activity that the president publicly acknowledged and described in December 2005 — that is, the NSA's targeting for interception international communications coming into or going out of the United States where the NSA has reasonable grounds to believe that a party to the communication is an agent or member of al-Qaida or an affiliated terrorist organization. That is the only intelligence activity that the attorney general meant when he used the phrase "Terrorist Surveillance Program."
When members of Congress and the public, after that activity was disclosed, questioned whether it was lawful, the attorney general noted that there had not been serious disagreements raised by the Justice Department about the lawfulness of that particular activity — i.e., the interception of international communications of al-Qaida. That statement was accurate. There was not a disagreement between the Justice Department and the White House in March 2004 or any other time about whether there was a legal basis for that particular intelligence activity.
Indeed, the white paper that the department sent to Congress on January 19, 2006, reflects and is consistent with the legal position taken by the Department in 2004, including under (former Deputy Attorney General) Mr. (Jim) Comey's tenure, concerning the legal basis for that activity. The disagreement that occurred in March 2004 concerned the legal basis for intelligence activities that have not been publicly disclosed and that remain highly classified.
The May 17, 2006, letter from Director of National Intelligence (John D.) Negroponte is consistent with the attorney general's testimony. The letter indicates that the March 10, 2004 meeting included a briefing on the activity we have called the "Terrorist Surveillance Program," without indicating whether other intelligence activities were discussed.