Montevideo, Uruguay (AP) -- President Bush says the FBI has already begun correcting the problems that led to the agency's illegal prying into personal information on people in the U.S., but says ``there's more work to be done.''
Speaking at a news conference in Uruguay, after talks with that country's president, Mr. Bush said he was briefed last week on the report from the Justice Department's internal watchdog that disclosed the FBI's transgressions involving a subpoena known as national security letters.
``My question is, `What are you going to do solve the problem and how fast can you get it solved?''' the president said.
He expressed confidence in FBI Director Robert Mueller and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. ``Those problems will be addressed as quickly as possible,'' Bush said.
The president noted that while the inspector general's report ``justly made issue of FBI shortfalls, (it) also made clear that these letters were important to the security of the United States.''
The report found that FBI agents or lawyers improperly used the letters, administrative subpoenas allowed under the USA Patriot Act, to ask businesses to turn over personal data on customers.
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