Well, we're in phase 1 of the Bush League's damage control manual - deny everything:
President George W Bush insists he has not compromised civil liberties, after it was alleged he authorised people in the US to be bugged without a warrant.
(Source: BBC News, Bush stands firm over spying row Dec 16, 2005.)
Wasn't that what he said about torturing people? Or "extraordinarily rendering" people to
countries where they could be tortured?
More on the flip
Atrios reports Rep. George Miller is calling for a special prosecutor Coming on top of the
fight over the so-called "Patriot" Act's civil liberties infringements, the Abramoff scandals, Plamegate, Katrina aid, and the rest, we may get treated to the sight of a Republican House impeaching a Republican President...
COOL!