Greenpeace has warned that it may demand a legal review.
Some experiments have been entangled in legal reviews for three years.
He added that a four-month legal review "is very long indeed."
Other Bush Administration officials said they had never considered a legal review of the matter.
He said the decision in this case was based on a legal review by a committee of senior prosecutors.
Participants said a legal review of such measures was needed to determine when, if ever, they should be used.
I don't know yet whether we will change anything, but I want to get a legal review.
He said further legal review would lead to an injunction against the league.
That investigation, he added, is under legal review and its finding could be published soon.
A more in-depth legal review might ask: What were the conditions on the ground that brought about the permission to fire in the first place?