Repubs reject investigating Bush; spy probe detrimental to nat'l security

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March 7 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee rejected a proposal to investigate the Bush administration's program of conducting electronic eavesdropping without warrants, while agreeing to create new congressional panels to increase oversight.

Democrats have been pressing for more information on the wiretapping without court orders since it was disclosed by the New York Times in December.

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``This committee is basically under control of the White House,'' Rockefeller, of West Virginia, told reporters after the two-hour meeting today in Washington. ``It's an unprecedented bout of political pressure from the White House.''

Intelligence Committee Chairman Pat Roberts said any inquiry would be detrimental to national security.

``We should fight the enemy, not fight each other,'' Roberts, a Kansas Republican said. ``The program is extremely important.''

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