We hear that the administration “wants to be more upfront with the American people” yet Tony Snow is proving that false:

QUESTION: In his news conference with John Howard, was the president giving kind of a backhanded confirmation of the stories that the NSA is compiling telephone lists?

SNOW: No, he wasn’t. If you go back and listen to the answer he gave you, he was talking about foreign-to-domestic calls. The allegations in the USA Today piece, which we will neither confirm or deny, are of a different nature. So, no, he was not giving a backhanded confirmation.

(h/t Think Progress)

So how is it being upfront by not confirming or denying the report? Bush said today that they only intercept foreign calls or calls that could be tracked to al Qaeda. So either the USA today report is false or there are tens of millions of people in this country that are tied to al Qaeda. Which is it Mr. President? Be “upfront” with the American people.