The Decider Strikes Again!
From the AP:
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Tuesday that President Bush personally blocked Justice Department lawyers from pursuing an internal probe of the warrantless eavesdropping program that monitors Americans' international calls and e-mails when terrorism is suspected....
Under sharp questioning from Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Arlen Specter, Gonzales said that Bush would not grant the access needed to allow the probe to move forward.
"It was highly classified, very important and many other lawyers had access. Why not OPR?" asked Specter, R-Pa.
"The president of the United States makes the decision," Gonzales told the committee hearing....
OK, I must be dim today. What's "OPR"?
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Anonymous |
7/18/2006 07:22:00 PM
Office of Professional Responsibility
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7/18/2006 11:02:00 PM
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