James Bamford, author of two books about the National Security Agency, talks about what the agency does, the constraints it's supposed to operate under and how some of its veterans feel about the charges that President Bush authorized domestic spying with warrant. Bamford's most recent book is Body of Secrets: Anatomy of the Ultra-Secret National Security Agency.
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