Bush confirmed domestic spying...or he didn't

Depends on who you believe...Bush or his FOX News Press Secretary. Hard to decide which one has less credibility.

Bush:

Bush did appear to acknowledge the NSA sweep of phone records indirectly, saying that the program referred to by a reporter in a question ''is one that has been fully briefed to members of the United States Congress in both political parties.''

''They're very aware of what is taking place. The American people expect their government to protect them within the laws of this country and I'm going to continue to do just that,'' he said.

FOX News:

However, Snow, in his first on-camera briefing as press secretary, later denied that Bush was confirming a story about collecting domestic phone records that was first reported last week in USA Today.

''He was talking about foreign-to-domestic calls,'' Snow said. ''The allegations in the USA Today piece were of a different nature.''

''There seems to be a notion that because the president has talked a little bit about one surveillance program, and one matter of intelligence gathering, that somehow we have to tell the entire world -- we have to make intelligence-gathering transparent,'' Snow said. ''Let me remind you, it's a war on terror. ... Al Qaida does not believe in transparency. What al Qaida believes in is mayhem.''

If Bush is so worried about tipping his hand to Al Qaida, maybe he shouldn't have told them that almost 5 years after September 11th, he still hasn't secured our borders:

First, the United States must secure its borders. This is a basic responsibility of a sovereign nation. It is also an urgent requirement of our national security.

So, he's basically telling the world he's failed to keep us secure...again.