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Was the DOJ Kept in the Dark About Key Aspects of the NSA Program?
In response to a request from Congress, FBI Director Robert Mueller has turned over
his personal notes from the days leading up to and following the
showdown in John Ashcroft’s hospital room in 2004. Think Progress has a
copy.
Despite
the many redactions, there are still a few noteworthy items. First,
Mueller repeatedly refers simply to “the program,” without any
additional adjectives or modifiers. For example, on the night of the
hospital showdown, he writes:
Called by DAG while at
restaurant with wife and daughter. He is at AG’s hospital with
Goldsmith and Philbin. Tells me Card and J. Gonzales are on the way to
hospital to see the AG, but that AG is in no condition to see them,
much less make decision to authorize continuation of the program.
Mueller’s
use of the phrase “the program” (particularly considered alongside his
testimony and statements by others in the know) strongly suggests that
there was only one NSA program and that the dissent within the DOJ was
about that program. In other words, Mueller’s notes are further
evidence that Alberto Gonzales lied to Congress in his testimony.
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