WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush defended a secret order he signed allowing for eavesdropping on people in the United States, as he fought on Saturday for the renewal of the anti-terror USA Patriot Act.
In a rare live radio address, Bush said the monitoring of telephone calls and e-mails was a "vital tool" to protect the United States against an attack and criticized leaks about the program to the news media.
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