Ally Warned Bush on Keeping Spying From Congress - New York Times

New York Times

by Eric Lichtblau and Scott Shane

In a sharply worded letter to President Bush in May, an important Congressional ally [Representative Peter Hoekstra of Michigan, the Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee]charged that the administration might have violated the law by failing to inform Congress of some secret intelligence programs and risked losing Republican support on national security matters.