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is there a gov translator in the house?
legal, classified, not as clear cut, and I can't talk about it any further
Quote:
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Alberto Gonzales appeared to suggest Tuesday that the administration’s warrantless domestic surveillance operations may extend beyond the outlines that President Bush acknowledged in mid-December.
In a letter Tuesday in which he asked to clarify his Feb. 6 testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Gonzales also seemed to imply that the administration’s original legal justification was not as clear-cut as he had indicated.
At that appearance, Gonzales confined his comments to the wiretapping program, saying that Bush had authorized it “and that is all that he has authorized.”
But in Tuesday’s letter, Gonzales, citing that quote, wrote that he “could not address ... any other classified intelligence activities” and was confining his remarks to the program as described by Bush, “the legality of which was the subject” of the Feb. 6 hearing.
A Justice Department official said Gonzales’ letter “should not be taken or construed to be talking about anything other than” the program described by Bush.
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So, what I see is the AG saying that the wiretap program may go beyond what everyone has been told about but the white houses legal justification is more vague than was discussed but it was 'authorized' and nothing more was authorized but the AG can't discuss further issues because anything further than what was discussed is classified whether its legal or not so everything that the pres discussed was legal, however, the DoJ spokesman said that the AG's comments should not be considered to the the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help him god.
I guess thats his story and he's sticking to it?  
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Last edited by dksuddeth; 03-02-2006 at 05:20 AM..
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