I'm sure Mr.Bush had to go out of his way to lie like this to protect the American people.  After all, no American would get upset if you told him or her that the President gave the go-ahead to a secretive government agency like the NSA to possibly listen in on their phone calls or read their e-mails.  Stuff like that doesn't ever happen, right?

(via Atrios)

Update (12/20/05):  Hey, let's check out some video of one such event.