NYT: Mining of data prompted fight over warrantless domestic spying.

This interesting too: "The first known assertion by administration officials that there had been no serious disagreement within the government about the legality of the N.S.A. program came in talks with New York Times editors in 2004. In an effort to persuade the editors not to disclose the eavesdropping program, senior officials repeatedly cited the lack of dissent as evidence of the program’s lawfulness."

Of course, that wasn't true.

Posted by Laura at July 28, 2007 08:56 PM