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A departure from the normal script. This time, after Sen. Arlen Specter growled at Bush and then trotted over to lick his hand, Bush didn’t just scratch his head. He also threw him a bone. It may look like a fat juicy one, but let’s wait for the details. I’m not sure I like the sound of that “agreeable to the White House”.

The White House, in a policy reversal, has agreed to allow a federal court review of the National Security Agency’s domestic spying program, a top Senate Republican announced on Thursday.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter said he has negotiated a proposed bill with the White House that would do that and voiced hope his panel would approve it.

“We have structured a bill which is agreeable to the White House and I think will be agreeable to this committee,” Specter told the panel.