A bit of a catch-up post (mainly for personal note-taking purposes) on Dubya's speech from Sunday and his assertion on Monday that he would keep up with the spying on Americans because it could save millions and jillions of lives.

Whitehouse.gov: Transcript of Bush's speech

NYT: Asking for patience, Bush cites progress in Iraq

NYT: In Sunday speech, Bush is more humble but firm (analysis)

BBC: Bush defends phone-tapping

Somewhat bizarrely, from my perspective, is the fact that Globe and Mail columnist and editorial page editor Marcus Gee spanked Dubya over this one. It's in Wednesday's paper.