In October 2001, despite criminal law prohibiting such surveillance without a warrant,
President George W. Bush signed an order authorizing the National Security Agency
to eavesdrop on U.S. citizens and foreign nationals in the United States. The
program was designed to monitor the phone calls and other communications of
people in the United States believed to have contact with suspected associates of al
Qaeda and other terrorist groups overseas the Bush administration claimed.
The passage describes most closely which power of the President?
O prohibited power
O inherent power
O expressed power
O concurrent power
