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White House Kept Justice Lawyers in Dark on Warrantless Wiretapping
The Washington Post ^
| 10 July 2009
| Carrie Johnson
Posted on 07/10/2009 11:55:55 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi
The Bush White House so strictly controlled access to its warrantless eavesdropping program that only three Justice Department lawyers were aware of the plan, which nearly ignited mass resignations and a constitutional crisis when a wider circle of administration officials began to question its legality, according to a watchdog report released today.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bush; fisa; justice; wiretapping
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The liberals attacked Bush for not "connnecting the dots" over 9/11 and then attacked Bush for trying to "connect the dots" prior to the next attack.
To: Erik Latranyi
“that only three Justice Department lawyers were aware of the plan”
Should make it easy to figure out who told the New York Times then.
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posted on
07/10/2009 11:59:45 AM PDT
by
edcoil
(If I had 1 cent for every dollar the government saved, Bill Gates and I would be friends.)
To: edcoil
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posted on
07/10/2009 12:00:13 PM PDT
by
WoodstockCat
(General Honore: "The storm gets a vote... We're not stuck on stupid.")
To: Erik Latranyi
Headline:
White House Kept Justice Lawyers in Dark...First line:
only three Justice Department lawyers were aware of the plan...This is why big city Democrat newspapers like the Washington Post are dying (even if not fast enough).
Anyway, the program was supposed to be hush hush in the first place, so why would an entire stable of scumbag lawyers, including loads of rat lawyers, be briefed about it? So the inevitable leaks would be tougher, if not impossible, to identify?
To: Erik Latranyi
The Bush Justice DepartmentMany conservatives burrowed within the Department of Justice have long complained that Gonzales (and therefore, Bush) has permitted career government employees and hold-overs from Democratic Administrations to remain in perches of power and thereby water down conservative directives from the top. As one conservative and Federalist Society member in the Justice Department told me: This is definitely not Ronald Reagans Justice Department, I assure you. You have holdovers from Clinton calling the shots in a lot of places here.
- - John Gizzi from: Should Gonzales Go?
Human Events | March 20, 2007 |
To: Lancey Howard
That July 4 “off the record” meeting apparently got some people back on the Kool Aid/enabling path..
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posted on
07/10/2009 12:03:40 PM PDT
by
slapshot
(""USAF- when you absolutely, positively need it delivered on target, on time, right away)
To: Lancey Howard
That July 4 “off the record” meeting apparently got some people back on the Kool Aid/enabling path..
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posted on
07/10/2009 12:04:08 PM PDT
by
slapshot
(""USAF- when you absolutely, positively need it delivered on target, on time, right away)
To: Erik Latranyi
To: Erik Latranyi
Fine, now lets get back to the Pelosi lies, corruption in congress, the Senate, the White House and getting millions of unemployed citizens back to work.
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posted on
07/10/2009 12:07:11 PM PDT
by
Gator113
(I live in "one of the largest Muslim countries in the world." Imam Obama told me so.)
To: Erik Latranyi
My grandchildren will be gone and the MSM will still be beating up on Bush.
To: Erik Latranyi
The Bush White House so strictly controlled access to its warrantless eavesdropping program that only three Justice Department lawyers were aware of the plan, which nearly ignited mass resignations and a constitutional crisis when a wider circle of administration officials began to question its legality, according to a watchdog report released today.Hmmmmm . . . . . . the WaPo??? How do I doubt this? Let me count the ways!!
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posted on
07/10/2009 12:08:41 PM PDT
by
DustyMoment
(FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
To: edcoil
That’s right and more garbage spews.
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posted on
07/10/2009 12:08:49 PM PDT
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote.)
To: Erik Latranyi
Headline: White House Kept Justice Lawyers in Dark...
It’s so transparent. When Obama approval numbers are down it’s time to go after Bush again. Hell, even John Dean is in the news today.
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posted on
07/10/2009 12:12:48 PM PDT
by
Huskrrrr
To: Erik Latranyi
Obama’s numbers are slipping, time for the media to trot out some more Bush articles and whip up the BDS - keep people’s eyes off our government’s support of a dictatorship in Honduras, Obama’s promise to leave our allies without a missile shield, and the pathetic impact of 800Billion in stimulus funds.
It’s all Bush’s fault. Please like me.
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posted on
07/10/2009 12:21:32 PM PDT
by
dannyboy72a
(The President of the United States should not be selling me insurance or lightbulbs)
To: Erik Latranyi
Bush’s Fault is getting very old and lame now. Act like a man Obama. quit blaming someone else when the tough get going and you’re jello.
To: Erik Latranyi
White House Kept Justice Lawyers in Dark on Warrantless Wiretapping
and then
three Justice Department lawyers were aware of the plan
Doesn't the story contradict itself in the very first sentence?
To: Erik Latranyi
The Washington Post - Americas Terrorist Newspaper
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posted on
07/10/2009 12:31:23 PM PDT
by
Niteranger68
(Have you punished an 0bama supporter today?)
To: WoodstockCat
At the same time the fact "other administration officials" began to question part of the Commander In Chief's plan to protect us from AlQaida and other very real enemies strongly suggests there were "traitors in the ranks".
So, who are they and when do we get to hang them?
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posted on
07/10/2009 12:34:09 PM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: Erik Latranyi
Just what in these reports has not already been in the news?
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posted on
07/10/2009 12:41:23 PM PDT
by
norton
To: Erik Latranyi
...which nearly ignited mass resignations...Too bad they didn't follow through. I can't think of any downside to having fewer lawyers in the justice department or anywhere else.
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posted on
07/10/2009 12:46:59 PM PDT
by
FreePaul
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