Spy­ing Pro­gram Snared U.S. Calls:

A sur­veil­lance pro­gram approved by Pres­i­dent Bush to con­duct eaves­drop­ping with­out war­rants has cap­tured what are pure­ly domes­tic com­mu­ni­ca­tions in some cas­es, despite a require­ment by the White House that one end of the inter­cept­ed con­ver­sa­tions take place on for­eign soil, offi­cials say.

This is the one fig-leaf they offered. The one tip of the hat to the law, and they could­n’t even do that right.