Bush went around FISA because they refused his applications?

Reading this, it doesn't sound like they're referencing a specific case, but instead making an allegation based on increased activity by the FISA court. As this doesn't have a case example, it appears no more than a conjecture of causal linkage by James Bamford, but it is a huge allegation if true. If true, this would be violating not only the letter, but also the explicit spirit, of the FISA law. (Seattle Post Intelligencer)

WASHINGTON -- Government records show that the administration was encountering unprecedented second-guessing by the secret federal surveillance court when President Bush decided to bypass the panel and order surveillance of U.S.-based terror suspects without the court's approval.

Also, does anybody else remember the unresolved scuffle around Bolton's confirmation hearings to the UN? Remember he had requested an unusual number of transcripts from the NSA on US citizens?

Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware, the ranking Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee, said the State Department had refused to provide Bolton's rationale for asking for records on intercepted phone calls made by Americans......

Sparks said Richardson's call to Dodd was triggered when he read an online story by Washington journalist Wayne Madsen. The story said intelligence community "insiders" claim the NSA circumvented a ban on domestic surveillance by asserting that the intercepted calls were part of "training missions."