Ashcroft ordered security detail not to let Gonzales or Card in hospital room again

babsbunny

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Sat Aug-18-07 08:14 AM
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Ashcroft ordered security detail not to let Gonzales or Card in hospital room again

http://www.thebluestate.com/2007/08/ashcroft-ordere.html

Evidence right here proves that Alberto Gonzales not only lied to Congress about the Ashcroft hospital visit, but that Gonzales and Andrew Card harassed Ashcroft to the point that he felt threatened and told his security detail to intervene.

Notes written by FBI Director Robert Mueller, recently turned over to Congressional investigators, indicate that then-Attorney General John Ashcroft was pressured from his hospital bed by Alberto Gonzales and Andrew Card to authorize the warrantless eavesdropping program. That part we have known for quite sometime, even though last month Gonzales lied to Congress about it ever happening.

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goclark

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Sat Aug-18-07 08:17 AM
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1. Bet Gonzo doesn't remember ~

being a bad boy in that hospital room!
:puke:

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sharp_stick

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Sat Aug-18-07 08:33 AM
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2. It's really scary

when an asshole like Ashcroft becomes a symbol for the good ol' days. The fact that they were able to find someone that was actually more dangerous than Mr. let the eagle soar is frankly terrifying isn't it?

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autorank

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Sat Aug-18-07 10:28 AM
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3. K*R I'm really happy about this revelation. Excellent post

Mueller spoke to Comey at the time and then to agents there telling them to take no orders but his and that Comey should NOT be forcibly released form the room WTF? That's an amazing detail that arise from Comey's testimony.

It will be interesting to see how these notes surfaced. I'm inclined to think it was not a coincidence.

Comey's Evidence of a Crime

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MissWaverly

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Sat Aug-18-07 04:57 PM
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5. "forcibly released from the room"

strong language for the man who was the acting attorney general and who was trying to protect his boss, the AG

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autorank

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Sat Aug-18-07 05:32 PM
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7. That's the line...what IS going on?

A civil war between sane and wacked-out factions of "management?" Could be;)

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MissWaverly

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Sun Aug-19-07 12:18 PM
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9. yes, but he was the Attorney General at the time

you always hear about Bush's powers as Exec, what about the powers of the AG, to be thrown out of the room by whom, the White
House Counsel?

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C_U_L8R

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Sat Aug-18-07 10:52 AM
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4. No wonder he quit

evil lil buggers ain't they

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JNelson6563

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Sat Aug-18-07 05:24 PM
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6. These notes are a real treasure trove, aren't they?

Imagine what the redacted parts must've said! ;-)

Julie

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msedano

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Sun Aug-19-07 08:56 AM
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8. "J. Gonzalez"? J as in...

jackass?

"@1920: Called by DAG while at restaurant with wife and daughter. He is at AG's hospital with Goldsmith and Philbin. Tells me Card and J. Gonzales are on the way to hospital to see AG, but that AG is in no condition to see them, much les"

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