http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/N/NY_NSA_HINCHEY_NYOL-?SITE=NYMID&SECTION=STATE&TEMPLATE=DEFAULTWASHINGTON (AP) -- Rep. Maurice Hinchey angrily responded Thursday to new revelations about secret domestic surveillance by charging the Bush administration wants "to spy on anybody they want to, anytime they want to."
The denunciation from Hinchey, D-Hurley, came a day after he learned the government had abruptly shut down its investigation into the National Security Agency's warrantless wiretapping program aimed to prevent terror attacks.
Hinchey had long sought an inquiry into the eavesdropping, declaring it a violation of the law without approval from a special foreign intelligence court.
The NSA has been secretly collecting records of ordinary Americans' phone calls to build a database of every call made within the country, USA Today reported Thursday.