George Bush actually said...

This bill is a temporary, narrowly focused statute to deal with the most immediate shortcomings in the law.

I am heartened to know that his critical work will be strengthened, and we will be better armed to prevent attacks in the future.

This law gives our intelligence professionals this greater flexibility while closing a dangerous gap in our intelligence gathering activitie...

There's a lot of people's first instincts here in the Twin Cities was to save the lives of somebody who was hurting.