Spying On Americans: Conservatives Reject Wiretapping...

The Wall Street Journal NEIL KING JR. December 22, 2005 at 09:27 AM
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President Bush's claim that he has a legal right to eavesdrop on some U.S. citizens without court approval has widened an ideological gap within his party.

On one side is the national-security camp, made even more numerous by loyalty to a wartime president. On the other are the small-government civil libertarians who have long held a privileged place within the Republican Party but whose ranks have ebbed since the 2001 terrorist attacks.

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