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  1. Re:47%? on Poll Finds Mixed Support for Domestic Wiretaps · · Score: 1
    Here you go, a lie by the President in which he had prior knowledge contrary to what he was saying. It also happens to be exceptionally in context.
    BUSH: Now, by the way, any time you hear the United States government talking about wiretap, it requires - a wiretap requires a court order. Nothing has changed, by the way. When we're talking about chasing down terrorists, we're talking about getting a court order before we do so. link

    From a speech in April of 2004, well after the "terrorist surveillance" program had been underway in which the NSA was authorized by the administration to use wiretaps without getting a court order.