In March 2004, White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales made a now-famous late-night visit to the hospital room of AG Ashcroft, seeking to get Ashcroft to sign a certification stating that the Bush admin's warrantless wiretapping program was legal. According to people familiar with statements recently made by Gonzales to federal investigators, Gonzales is now saying that Bush personally directed directed him to make the visit... |
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Amanda Lang was a wonderful member of the Opednews team, and the first volunteer editor, for a good number of years being a senior editor. She passed away summer 2014.