▁the ▁" W ar ▁on ▁T error ." ▁These ▁included ▁a ▁wide ▁variety ▁of ▁surve ill ance ▁programs , ▁some ▁of ▁which ▁came ▁under ▁heavy ▁fire ▁from ▁civil ▁libert ies ▁interest ▁groups ▁that ▁critic ized ▁the ▁new ▁reg ulations ▁for ▁in fr ing ing ▁upon ▁certain ▁civil ▁libert ies . ▁The ▁administration ▁has ▁also ▁been ▁critic ized ▁for ▁ref using ▁to ▁back ▁various ▁security ▁measures ▁rel ating ▁to ▁port ▁security ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁and ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁and ▁v eto ing ▁all ▁US $ 3 9 ▁million ▁for ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁Container ▁Security ▁In iti ative . ▁ ▁Capital ▁pun ishment ▁ ▁George ▁W . ▁Bush ▁is ▁a ▁strong ▁supp orter ▁of ▁capital ▁pun ishment . ▁During ▁his ▁ten ure ▁as ▁Governor ▁of ▁Texas , ▁ 1 5 2 ▁people ▁were ▁executed ▁in ▁that ▁state , ▁maintain ing ▁its ▁record ▁as ▁the ▁leading ▁state ▁in ▁execution s . ▁As ▁President ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁he ▁has ▁continued ▁in ▁his ▁support ▁for ▁capital ▁pun ishment , ▁including ▁pres iding ▁over ▁the ▁first ▁federal ▁execution ▁in ▁dec ades , ▁that ▁of ▁conv icted ▁terror ist ▁Tim othy ▁Mc V e igh . ▁Although ▁Bush ' s ▁support ▁of ▁the ▁death ▁penalty ▁is ▁known , ▁controvers y ▁broke ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁when ▁journalist ▁T ucker ▁Carl son ▁revealed ▁that ▁the ▁Governor ▁had ▁mock ed ▁the ▁pl ight ▁of ▁Kar la ▁F aye ▁T ucker ▁in ▁an ▁interview . ▁ ▁Am ber ▁Alert ▁ ▁Bush