Private Sector has assisted us
Vice Adm. Mike McConnell, director of national intelligence has told the El Paso Times "under the president's program, the terrorist surveillance program, the private sector had assisted us." here

Broad new surveillance powers
Broad new surveillance powers approved by Congress this month could allow the Bush administration to conduct spy operations that go well beyond wiretapping to include — without court approval — certain types of physical searches on American soil and the collection of Americans’ business records, Democratic Congressional officials and other experts said.

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