from the DNC: More on the Subpoenas

Posted by Michael Link on June 27, 2007 at 03:07 PM
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Just to provide some background, the subpoenas of the White House and vice-president's office, according to AP (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20070627/eavesdropping-subpoenas/), are intended to recover "documents that might shed light on internal disputes within the administration over the legality of the warrantless wiretapping program."

What type of internal disputes? Well, how about one that led to the famous scene at John Ashcroft's hospital bed, for starters. Many of you are already aware of the dramatic story where members of the Bush administration attempted to go around the acting Attorney General in order to reauthorize the warrantless eavesdropping.

These weren't minor disagreements, either. Then-Attorney General John Ashcroft and then-Deputy Attorney General James Comey both threatened to resign over the issue.

So why is this so important? For one, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales claimed that there wasn't any dispute on the issue. Not that he had any credibility, but let's remember that it was sworn testimony and he refused to retract his statement.

http://www.democrats.org/a/2007/06/more_on_the_sub.php

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People should visit the DNC blog at least once a day. There is powerful research going on there.

and have focused on this. It appears to be a party action.

"Pentagon Can't Account for $19 Billion Spent on Iraqi Forces" WTF is with that? Why can't they account for it?

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