http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10530417/ This threw me off....
“As president of the United States and commander in chief I have the constitutional responsibility and the constitutional authority to protect our country,” he said in an opening statement at a year-end news conference.
Ermmm, Mr. Bush, constitutional authority? Lets take a look at the 4th Amendment to the United States Constitution.
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
Basically, directing a national agency to spy on United States citizens is a clear breech of US law, specifically the 4th Amendment. You can only repeat war on terror so much, you gotta get a warrant, the US government cannot be allowed to spy on its own citizens in complete secrecy like some kind of Gestapo.