Bush nixes compromise with Democrats over wiretap law (AFP)

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US during a Gowning and Investiture Ceremony at the Executive Mansion in Monrovia, Liberia, February 21. Bush, on his return flight from a tour of Africa, refused Thursday to compromise with House of Representatives Democrats on extending a wiretap law he considers crucial in the US AFP - President George W. Bush, on his return flight from a tour of Africa, refused Thursday to compromise with House of Representatives Democrats on extending a wiretap law he considers crucial in the US "war on terror."


 

US fears backlash over terror flights (AP)

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John B. Bellinger, legal advisor to the U.S. Secretary of State, talks to news media at a briefing in the U.S. Embassy in London Thursday Feb. 21, 2008. Bellinger flew to London from Washington to deal with potential diplomatic and political fallout after the CIA confirmed that secret flights carrying terror suspects had refueled in British territory. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)AP - The Bush administration is bracing for a diplomatic backlash after conceding it used British territory to transport suspected terrorists on secret rendition flights despite repeated earlier assurances the U.S. had not.