I don't know who's leaking this stuff...

.... but their timing is bloody brilliant!

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/05/12/politics/main1613877.shtml

Lawmakers have been demanding information from the Bush administration about the
NSA's efforts to collect records on millions of Americans' phone calls. The data
includes the phone numbers at both ends, and the time and date of the connections,
but the NSA does not listen to the calls or record them, and does not pick up names
or addresses, CBS News senior White House correspondent Bill Plante reports.

The disclosure, reported in Thursday editions of USA Today, could complicate
President Bush's bid to win Hayden's confirmation, and put the White House on the
defensive, Plante reports.

Judiciary Committee member Senator Joe Biden, D-Del., told CBS News' The Early Show
that he thinks the disclosure will hurt chances for Hayden to be named the new head
of the CIA.

"The government does not listen to domestic phone calls without court approval," said
Mr. Bush, without confirming the NSA program. "We're not mining or trolling through
the personal lives of millions of innocent Americans."