Bush may have broken law over intelligence

Associated Press in Washington
Monday July 10, 2006
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The White House kept intelligence activities secret from the lawmakers responsible for overseeing them until whistleblowers revealed the programmes, the house intelligence committee chairman said yesterday.
A Republican congressman, Pete Hoekstra, said he had been told about the secret programmes by whistleblowers and had asked the Bush administration about them, using codenames.

Not briefing members of the house and Senate intelligence committees is against the law, Mr Hoekstra said. The committees were briefed after he complained. ...