Conyers: FBI director notes prove Bush officials tried ‘to goad a sick, medicated Ashcroft’ to approve warrantless wiretapping

Nick Juliano, Raw Story

Attorney General John Ashcroft was “feeble, barely articulate (and) clearly stressed” when then-White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales and White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card visited his hospital room to push for legal approval of a warrantless wiretap program approved by President Bush, according to newly released notes from FBI Director Robert Mueller.

The notes were released Thursday by Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), who chairs the House Judiciary Committee that is investigating the legality of the warrantless wiretapping program. Mueller’s notes of the March 10, 2004 incident outline a dispute between the Justice Department and the White House over the legality of a National Security Agency surveillance program.

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