As the US Attorney scandal rages, another Alberto Gonzales scandal has flared up - this time concerning his pressuring then A.G. John Ashcroft to sign domestic spying orders when Ashcroft
James B. Comey, former Deputy Attorney General of the United States, testifies on May 15th about an incident on the evening of March 10, 2004 (from Wikipedia):
Comey, who was Acting Attorney General during the March 2004 surgical hospitalization of John Ashcroft, refused to "certify" central aspects of the NSA program at that time. The certification was required under existing White House procedures to continue the program. After Comey's refusal, the newspaper reported, Andrew H. Card Jr., White House Chief of Staff, and Alberto R. Gonzales, then White House counsel and now Attorney General, made an emergency visit to the George Washington University Hospital, to attempt to win approval directly from Ashcroft for the program.
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joedirtBush Crime Family in action. Gonzales needs to be in jail. If not for torture memo, then for domestic spying.
No respect for the Constitution. When ASHCROFT (father of the Patriot Act) won't sign something.. It has to be bad. Good thing they replaced non-compliant, unloyal Bushies with these crooks like Gonzo et. al.
joedirtInteresting coverage by PBS Frontline regarding this program Comey is testifying about.
http://www.videosift.com/video/Frontline-clip-on-Bushs-Warrantless-Wiretapping-spying
joedirtGuilty as sin! Here is Bush's response!
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/bush-comey-dodge/
I'm stunned this isn't on the front page yet. This testimony is the watershed moment, Bush's own "Nixon tapes".. But in this case it was Gonzo running around DC in the middle of the night trying to eke out signatures from a man in intensive care. What kind of horrors would even Ashcroft not sign?
bl968Here's Bush's response on the sift![](https://videosift.com/vs5/emoticon/smile.gif)
bamdrewNow that is some frank testimony.
You see, there are good Republicans who are paying attention. Comey was up in there keepin it real.
jwrayThis administration is shouded in an absurd level of secrecy. He should be able to discuss the "substance".
Fade*dead
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rottenseed*law
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