"the law could be construed" Aren't those words that really mean that we know if Bush can twist them in any way, he will ? Take the Warrantless ProgramX that we know exists, we just don't know how bad it is yet. Now Bush is bullying in a Rove style attack, the Democrats , just as he did with the Patriot Acts.
But Democratic lawmakers have been deeply suspicious that the Bush administration was seeking a broader and more controversial expansion of surveillance authority by making changes that were vague on important issues. Representative Silvestre Reyes, Democrat of Texas and chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said Friday that the administration-supported bill would allow wiretapping without warrants as long as it was "concerning a person abroad." As a result, he said, the law could be construed as allowing any search inside the United States as long as the government claimed it "concerned" Al Qaeda.