Gov’t report: Bush secret surveillance effort extended beyond wiretapping, lacked oversight

WASHINGTON — Not enough relevant officials were aware of the size and depth of an unprecedented surveillance program started under President George W. Bush, let alone signed off on it, a team of federal inspectors general found.

Gov’t report: Bush secret surveillance effort extended far beyond wiretapping without warrants

WASHINGTON — The Bush administration built an unprecedented surveillance operation to pull in mountains of information far beyond the warrantless wiretapping previously acknowledged, a team of federal inspectors general reported Friday, questioning the legal basis for the effort but shielding almost all details on grounds they’re still too secret to reveal.

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