White House Kept Justice Lawyers in Dark on Warrantless Wiretapping

The Washington Post ^ | 10 July 2009 | Carrie Johnson

[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.

[Erik Latranyi]

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.

[edcoil]

“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.

[WoodstockCat]

well played.

[Lancey Howard]

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?

[Lancey Howard]

The Bush Justice Department

Many 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 Reagan’s 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 |

[slapshot]

That July 4 “off the record” meeting apparently got some people back on the Kool Aid/enabling path..

[slapshot]

That July 4 “off the record” meeting apparently got some people back on the Kool Aid/enabling path..

[Lancey Howard]

[Gator113]

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.

[Uncle Hal]

My grandchildren will be gone and the MSM will still be beating up on Bush.

[DustyMoment]

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!!

[freekitty]

That’s right and more garbage spews.

[Huskrrrr]

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.

[dannyboy72a]

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.

[Ancient Drive]

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.

[mmichaels1970]

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?

[Niteranger68]

The Washington Post - Americas Terrorist Newspaper

[muawiyah]

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?

[norton]

Just what in these reports has not already been in the news?

[FreePaul]

...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.