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Report: Bush surveillance program was massive

The Bush administration built an unprecedentedsurveillance operation to pull in mountains of information farbeyond the warrantless wiretapping previously acknowledged, a teamof federal inspectors general reported Friday, questioning thelegal basis for the effort but shielding almost all details ongrounds they're still too secret to reveal.

The report, compiled by five inspectors general,...

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