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Americans would rally to President Bush when it comes to government surveillance authority if the issue were explained properly in terms of national security, Frank Gaffney, president of the Center for Security Policy, said in an interview Friday at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).
Unfortunately, a series of "unhelpful court decisions" has "complicated and muddied" the issue to the detriment of the administration, Gaffney told Cybercast News Service at the conference in Washington, D.C.
In retrospect, Bush would be better off today if he had explained to Americans early on - since 9/11 - that the Constitution gives him the authority to exercise surveillance measures fairly liberally, said Gaffney.
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