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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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