The intercepts included details of planned American naval movements.
But intelligence experts view the intercepts as anecdotal at best.
The distance between the intercepts is the peak width.
But the administration said the intercepts were so worrying that they had little choice.
But Mr. Bush has said he authorized the intercepts under his power as commander in chief.
The intercepts, however, have led many in the intelligence community to conclude otherwise.
The intercepts make clear, however, that Crown Prince Abdullah was insistent on stemming the corruption.
Spokesmen for the State Department and the C.I.A. also declined to comment on the intercepts.
The then prime minister, Tony Abbott, said parliament was never "specifically mentioned" in any of the intercepts.
One of the Trump associates picked up on the intercepts was Paul Manafort, Trump's former campaign manager, the report said.
Many foreign-to-foreign communications pass through telecommunication "switches" on American soil, where the intercepts take place.
