President George W. Bush said Monday it was “disgraceful” the news media disclosed a secret CIA-Treasury program to track millions of financial records in search of terrorist suspects.

The White House accused the New York Times newspaper of breaking a long tradition of keeping wartime secrets. “The fact that a newspaper disclosed it makes it harder to win this war on terror,” Bush said, leaning forward and jabbing his finger during a brief question-answer session with reporters. (Read more…)

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