Bush administration may have prevented Attorney General John Ashcroft from conducting a review of a spying program, while seeking his approval ...

Notes Show Ashcroft Kept in Dark on Spying | By Matt Renner | t r u t h o u t | Report | Thursday 16 August 2007

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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According to Conyers, these notes confirm Comey's testimony and raise questions. "Director Mueller's notes and recollections concerning the White House visit to the Attorney General's hospital bed confirm an attempt to goad a sick and heavily medicated Ashcroft to approve the warrantless surveillance program," adding that "this heavily redacted document raises far more questions than it answers. We intend to fully investigate this incident and the underlying subject matter that evoked such widespread distress within the Department and the FBI." ...