Facing Pressure, White House Seeks Approval for Spying - New York Times

Facing Pressure, White House Seeks Approval for Spying - New York Times: "February 20, 2006

After two months of insisting that President Bush did not need court approval to authorize the wiretapping of calls between the United States and suspected terrorists abroad, the administration is trying to resist pressure for judicial review while pushing for retroactive Congressional approval of the program."