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Obama defends Bush’s wire-taps

Published: 08 April, 2009, 14:07


Illustration by Alberto Ruggieri

U.S. President Barack Obama wants a lawsuit that alleges the Bush administration was involved in the illegal surveillance of Americans’ telephone and e-mail communications to be dismissed.

 
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