Cheney's Office Says It Has Wiretap Documents: Acknowledges for first time

WP: Cheney's Office Says It Has Wiretap Documents
By Dan Eggen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, August 21, 2007; Page A02

Vice President Cheney's office acknowledged for the first time yesterday that it has dozens of documents related to the administration's warrantless surveillance program, but it signaled that it will resist efforts by congressional Democrats to obtain them.

The disclosure by Cheney's counsel, Shannen W. Coffin, came on the day that the Senate Judiciary Committee had set as a deadline for the Bush administration to turn over documents related to the wiretapping program, which allowed the National Security Agency to monitor communications between the United States and overseas without warrants.

White House counsel Fred F. Fielding has also declined to turn over any documents about the program, telling lawmakers last week that more time was needed to locate records that might be responsive to the panel's subpoenas....

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...Coffin identified by date a series of memos and orders that "may be responsive" to the Senate committee's demands. They include 43 separate authorizations from President Bush for the program, which had to be renewed approximately every 45 days beginning on Oct. 4, 2001.

The letter also lists dates, from October 2001 through February 2005, for 10 legal memoranda from the Justice Department. Although Cheney's office has copies of the memos, none of them "was rendered to the Office of the Vice President," Coffin wrote.

The disclosure of the existence of the documents and their dates sheds new light on some events surrounding the NSA program, including a now-famous legal dispute in March 2004. A half-dozen senior Justice officials threatened to resign if the White House did not agree to change parts of the program that Justice lawyers had determined were illegal. Coffin's letter indicates that Bush signed memos amending the program on March 19 and April 2 of that year. The details of the dispute have never been revealed publicly.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/20/AR2007082001622.html?hpid=moreheadlines

wish the dam would break.

:dem:

He should have stayed quiet. Now, people like me want to see those documents, and if he shreds them, we can nail him for destroying evidence.

"The letter also lists dates, from October 2001 through February 2005, for 10 legal memoranda from the Justice Department. Although Cheney's office has copies of the memos, none of them "was rendered to the Office of the Vice President," Coffin wrote."

Is Coffin saying they don't have these? If so, what documents does his client have?

It's been a long week. Forgive me if I'm being dim.

:hi: K&R

And my mind is a bit late-night addled. Maybe someone else can help us out!

.... That you are my Fav .... don't tell the others.

My guess is that "they" were using the NSA to spy on Kerry and company in 2004 and 9/11
was just an excuse by this group of crooks to seize more power and break more laws.

And why did they release/acknowledge this info? What if they come back tomorrow and say 'Whoops! We lost it; all gone, so sorry."
They're teasing; WHY?

Thomas, and Kennedy.....and we all the ending.:(

This country is finished.

when some alert DC residents got a look at shredding company trucks going to the VP's residence.

http://wonkette.com/politics/dick-cheney/shreddin-with-dick-211028.php

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