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President Bush defended the scope of the government's domestic surveillance programs again on Saturday, after new disclosures kicked up a storm of controversy and threatened to impede the Senate confirmation of Mr. Bush's new pick to lead the CIA.
"The privacy of all Americans is fiercely protected in all our activities," Mr. Bush said in his weekly radio address. "The government does not listen to domestic phone calls without court approval. We are not trolling through the personal lives of millions of innocent Americans."
Mr. Bush's radio broadcast comes two days after news reports revealed the ultra-secret National Security Agency was collecting the phone records of tens of millions of Americans. The president read a similar statement in an impromptu appearance on Thursday.
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