The U.S. intelligence service at the centre of the row over eavesdropping tracked visitors to its website, despite U.S. Government regulations.
Monitoring files, known as "cookies,'' were discovered by a privacy activist at a time when the White House is on the defensive about its use of the National Security Agency to monitor the communications of U.S. citizens.
Though the cookies were dismantled this week and the NSA issued an apology on Wednesday, the episode will add to pressure on the White House to engage in a national debate about its use of the agency, and its interpretation of the constitutional limits on President George Bush's presidential powers.
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