'Wash. Post' Editorial Revives Famous Watergate Question In Hitting Bush On Ashcroft Hospital Visit

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Editor&Publisher: 'Wash Post' Editorial Revives Famous Watergate Question In Hitting Bush On Ashcroft Hospital Visit
By E&P Staff
Published: May 18, 2007

NEW YORK Since the Congressional testimony earlier this week by former Justice Dept. number two, James Comey, about a mysterious latenight rush to the bedside of a hospitalized Attorney General John Ashcroft, much speculation about President Bush's role in it has swirled.

At a press conference on Thursday, the president was asked directly about this, and refused to explain. In an editorial on Friday, The Washington Post (the newspaper of Woodward and Bernstein) revised the famous Watergate era question in its headline: "What Did Bush Know, and When?"

It charged that "Bush wants to short-circuit that discussion by invoking the continuing danger of al-Qaeda.... The administration, it appears from Mr. Comey's testimony, was willing to go forward, against legal advice, with a program that the Justice Department had concluded did not 'honor the civil liberties of our people.' Nor is it clear that Congress was adequately informed. The president would like to make this unpleasant controversy disappear behind the national security curtain. That cannot be allowed to happen."

Here is the exchange from the Thursday press conference.

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Q. There’s been some very dramatic testimony before the Senate this week from one of your former top Justice Department officials who describes a scene that some Senators called stunning, about a time when the warrantless wiretap program was being reviewed. Sir, did you send your then chief of staff and White House counsel to the bedside of John Ashcroft while he was ill to get him to approve that program, and do you believe that kind of conduct from White House officials is appropriate?

BUSH: Kelly, there’s a lot of speculation about what happened and what didn’t happen. I’m not going to talk about it. It’s a very sensitive program....

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003587129

LINK TO WASHINGTON POST EDITORIAL: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/17/AR2007051701974.html?hpid=opinionsbox1

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Campaign 2004: Were Bush / Cheney / NSA illegal wiretaps spying on Dems?
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Investigating more on this fresh revelation--Bush illegally spied on Americans when his own AG and Acting AG told him it is illegal--leads to some interesting questions. In particular, were they spying on political figures, candidates, and activists. Most succinctly, "Were they spying on the opposition in the 2004 Presidential election?" ......

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Bush said," I will tell you that one, the program was necessary to protect the American people and it’s still necessary, because there’s still an enemy that wants to do us harm, and therefore I have an obligation to put in place programs that honor the civil liberties of the American people."

What's two? So, let me fill in the rest, "I will tell you that two, Bush is still spying on us."

I sure wouldn't want any faltering on that obligation to spy on me to honor my civil
liberties, or torturing me to uphold the constitution, or forcibly drugging me to ensure my liberty.

Hey, protecting the American People "from the truth" isn't easy!! It requires extreme measures.

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2. Hmmm.....I'm getting an error msg when I wanted to recommend:

Error: you can only recommend threads which were started in the past 24 hours

So, I will at the very least 'kick' :kick:

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3. Hi! It's my OP -- just happened to notice. I did post it more than 24 hours ago, but feel free...

to repost!

[L. Coyote]

5. Likewise, after posting K&R. Sentiment expressed at least! n/t

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Monkeyman Sat May-19-07 08:28 PM
"How Much Longer Do We Suffer"
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