December 17, 2005: Bush Approved Eavesdropping, Official Says (AP)

  • Senior administration officials asserted the president would do everything in his power to protect the American people while safeguarding civil liberties.
  • “I will make this point,” Bush said in an interview with “The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer.” “That whatever I do to protect the American people — and I have an obligation to do so — that we will uphold the law, and decisions made are made understanding we have an obligation to protect the civil liberties of the American people.”

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