Published May 11, 2006
In this speech President Bush responds to a May, 2006 newspaper story about the National Security Agency collecting the phone call records of millions of U.S. citizens. He defends the NSA's actions, saying the "privacy of ordinary Americans is fiercely protected in all our activities" and that the "efforts are focused on links to al Qaeda and their known affiliates".
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