USA Today – NSA has massive database of Americans’ phone calls
“We’re not mining or trolling through the personal lives of millions of innocent Americans,” Bush said….
Lawmakers question collection of phone call records
Hayden, on Capitol Hill to meet with lawmakers, told reporters: “All I would want to say is that everything that NSA does is lawful and very carefully done and that the appropriate members of the Congress, the House and Senate, are briefed on all NSA activities, and I think I’d just leave it at that.”