FBI Director's Notes Contradict Gonzales's Version Of Ashcroft Visit

You won't be surprised by this:

Dan Eggen (WAPO) reports:

"Then-Attorney General John D. Ashcroft was "feeble," "barely articulate" and "stressed" moments after a hospital room confrontation in March 2004 with Alberto R. Gonzales, who wanted Ashcroft to approve a warrantless wiretapping program over Justice Department objections, according to notes from FBI...."

Update:

• Judges May Release Wiretap Documents

  Eric Lichtblau of the New York Times reports that a secret intelligence court may consider an "unprecedented" request by the American Civil Liberties Union to unseal highly classified terrorist surveillance documents. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ordered the government to respond on the issue by August 31.

• NYTimes: The Founders Had an Idea for Handling Alberto Gonzales


• Matt Renner | Notes Show Ashcroft Kept in Dark on Spying:

  "Notes from FBI Director Robert Mueller, released Thursday by Congress, revealed that Bush administration officials may have prevented Attorney General John Ashcroft from conducting a review of a spying program, while at the same time attempting to gain Ashcroft's approval of the program...."

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