Monday, February 20, 2006
Administration Scrambles To Avoid Investigations
The Bush administration is doing everything it can to avoid being called to account for the extra-legal NSA warrantless eavesdropping program.
After two months of insisting that President Bush did not need court approval to authorize the wiretapping of calls between the United States and suspected terrorists abroad, the administration is trying to resist pressure for judicial review while pushing for retroactive Congressional approval of the program...
According to lawmakers involved in the discussions, a number of senior officials, including Harriet E. Miers, the White House counsel, and Andrew H. Card Jr., the chief of staff, began contacting members of the Senate to determine what it would take to derail the investigation.The White House has refused to discuss those talks. Trent Duffy, a deputy press secretary, said the administration "does not want to negotiate in the media."
The White House does not want to be held accountable for anything anywhere at any time.
