Two Members of Congress who were part of the Gang of Eight said if Gonzales
approached Ashcroft about something that had been part of their discussions, it
could only have been the terrorist surveillance program, whose existence the
president confirmed in December.
“That doesn’t make any sense to me,” Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.)
said of Gonzales’ testimony. She said the TSP was “the only program we were ever
briefed about.”
Harman was ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee at the time,
and confirmed that she attended the March 10 meeting referenced by
Gonzales.
Similarly, Senate Intelligence Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) said
there was only one program that the Gang of Eight was briefed on, and it was the
program the president already has confirmed. Plus, both Harman and Rockefeller
said the Congressional briefings were limited in scope.
“We were briefed on the operational details — period — not the
legal underpinnings,” Harman said.
7.25.2007
ITMFA
The headline and realted website were originally designed to deal with the embarrasment in the Oval Office, but it's becoming clearer every day that Alberto Gonzales has got to go.
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