Bush Says U.S. Spying Is Not Widespread  —  President Bush today denied that the government is "mining or trolling through the personal lives of innocent Americans," as Democrats expressed outrage over a news report describing a National Security Agency program that has collected vast amounts of telephone records.

Hyping USA Today's "Big Brother" Bombshell: TV Jumps on Stale NSA Database Story  —  Seismic!  Shocking!  Startling!  A bombshell!!  That's how the ABC, CBS and NBC morning shows described a front-page story in today's (Thursday's) USA Today that breathlessly touted how "NSA has massive database of Americans' phone calls."

NSA Collected Phone Records in U.S., Lott Says (Update1)  —  May 11 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. National Security Agency has obtained the phone records of millions of Americans in an effort to stop terrorists, a Senate Intelligence Committee member confirmed.  —  News of the program …

Bush defends NSA data collection program  —  WASHINGTON — Responding quickly to a USA TODAY report that his administration has collected information on tens of millions of domestic phone calls, President Bush today said everthing the National Security Agency has done is legal …

NSA Call-Tracking Program Sparks Alarm  —  Bush Insists That Citizens' Privacy is 'Fiercely Protected'  —  President Bush, responding to a newspaper report on a previously undisclosed program to track the phone call patterns of millions of Americans, insisted today that U.S. intelligence activities …

Conyers, Harman introduce bill to kill NSA phone call database  —  Reps. Jane Harman (D-CA) and John Conyers (D-MI) today introduced the "Lawful Intelligence and Surveillance of Terrorists in an Emergency by NSA Act" (The LISTEN Act), RAW STORY has learned.  —  The Act would require any attempt …

No need for Congress, no need for courts  —  (updated below)  —  I just this morning read the obviously significant USA Today article detailing the fact that the NSA is maintaining a comprehensive data base of every call made by every American - both internationally and domestically …

Why Won't U.S., Iran Hash Out Differences?  —  VIENNA, Austria - As the United States toughens its stance on Iran's nuclear program, and bitterness toward America hardens on the streets of Tehran, many people can't help but wonder: Why don't the two countries hold face-to-face talks to ease the crisis?