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Bush okay with spy program hearings
Associated Press
Published January 12, 2006
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - After initial reservations, President Bush said Wednesday he has no objection to congressional hearings into his domestic spying program as long as they don't aid the enemy.
"That's good for democracy," Bush said, if the hearings don't "tell the enemy what we're doing."
In the days after the secret wiretapping without warrants was revealed, Bush cautioned against hearings, saying that congressional leaders had been privately consulted and that he had worked within the law to authorize eavesdropping on Americans with suspected ties to terrorists.
Senate Judiciary Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa., has promised hearings, and the Senate Intelligence Committee could also investigate, as could the House.
In Louisville, Bush hosted a town hall-type event reminiscent of his campaign stops. Bush paced, microphone in hand, in front of signs that read: "Winning the War on Terror."
After his opening remarks, Bush fielded about 10 questions from the audience of invited groups. White House press secretary Scott McClellan said the questions were not prescreened. Bush said no topics were off-limits, and even invited a question about Iran, but nobody asked one.
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