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Ashcroft’s ex-no. 2: Gonzales, Cheney involved in illegal wiretaps
Michael Roston, rawstory.com The former second-in-command at the Justice Department from 2003 through 2005 on Tuesday detailed a March 2004 incident in which top members of the Bush administration, including Alberto Gonzales and members of Vice President Dick Cheney’s staff, worked to subvert a legal certification process for the National Security Agency’s warrantless wiretapping program….
White House admits it conducted election briefings
rawstory.com “The White House acknowledged Thursday it has conducted about 20 briefings recently for federal agency employees on the election prospects of Republican candidates – the sort of meetings that sparked an investigation into whether Bush aides engaged in illegal political activity,” the Associated Press reports. The nonpartisan Congressional Research Service (CRS) found that the…
