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The program, which has faced criticism from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, takes center stage today as Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, a Harvard Law School (HLS) alum, testifies before the Judiciary Committee in an attempt to mollify lawmakers’ criticisms.
Even as the White House launches a media blitz to portray its controversial wiretapping program as a perfectly legal weapon in the war on terror, administration officials have begun dropping subtle hints-without explicitly saying so-that President Bush could go to Congress to seek more specific authority to listen...
During a speech a few hours later at Georgetown University Law Center, Gonzales made another reference to the possible need to update the law, pointing to the authorization Congress gave Bush to pursue terrorists after the Sept. 11 attacks as part of the justification for the current program. "It is...
No such move is imminent, a top aide stressed. But administration lawyers are said to be debating whether the President would be better off putting the monitoring on more solid footing, or whether seeking additional latitude would amount to admitting the government had not been following the law. The most...
Whether the White House does gain new congressional authority, indications are growing that the controversy could be much more than a political or public relations problem for the administration. Late last week, according to the Albany Times-Union, lawyers for an Albany man accused of trying to sell missile launchers...