“Our intelligence professionals must be able to find out who the terrorists are talking to, what they are saying, and what they’re planning,” said the president. “The lives of countless Americans depend on our ability to monitor these communications.”
He added that he would cancel his planned trip to Africa unless assured Congress would support the counterterrorism surveillance program.
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