On Warrantless Wiretapping - More...
Published by BG on Thursday, May 17, 2007 at 12:08 PM.TPMmuckraker May 17, 2007 10:50 AM
What to make of this long narrative?
Simply this. The warantless wiretap surveillance program stank. For two and a half years, Ashcroft signed off on the program every forty-five days without any real knowledge of what it entailed. In his defense, the advisors who were supposed to review such things on his behalf were denied access; to his everlasting shame, he did not press hard enough to have that corrected.
When Comey came on board, he insisted on being granted access, and had Goldsmith review the program. What they found was so repugnant to any notion of constitutional liberties that even Ashcroft, once briefed, was willing to resign rather than sign off again.
The entire article is well worth reading, as it sketches out the timeline for what happened.
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