Author: Risen, James

December 16, 2005: On the front page of today's New York Times, veteran national security reporter James Risen writes that "months after the September 11 attacks, President Bush secretly authorized the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on Americans and others inside the United States to search for evidence of terrorist activity without the court-approved warrants ordinarily required for domestic spying, according to government officials." That story has created a political firestorm for the Bush administration. From the reporter that broke it, here's the scoop on Bush and the CIA.