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Ashcroft not fully lucid during March 2004 Gonzales visit: FBI director notes
August 16, 2007 by Leslie Schulman
Personal notes by FBI Director Robert Mueller released Thursday reveal that former US Attorney General John Ashcroft was feeble, barely articulate, clearly stressed when current Attorney General and then-White House counsel Alberto Gonzales confronted him in his hospital room in March 20....... [more]

Gonzales denies pressing hospitalized Ashcroft to recertify surveillance program
July 24, 2007 by Michael Sung
US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Tuesday denied pressuring then-Attorney General John Ashcroft to give the Department of Justice's reauthorization of the controversial warrantless domestic surveillance program while Ashcroft was hospitalized. In testimony before the Senate Judiciary Commi....... [more]

GOP senator calls for Gonzales resignation following surveillance revelations
May 16, 2007 by Gabriel Haboubi
Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) called for the resignation of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Wednesday, a day after hearing testimony from former US Deputy Attorney General James Comey regarding an attempt by Gonzales to persuade former Attorney General John Ashcroft to reauthorize the warrantless.... [more]

White House pressed Ashcroft to recertify NSA surveillance program: ex-deputy AG
May 15, 2007 by Michael Sung
Former US Deputy Attorney General James Comey testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday that in March 2004, in response to Comey's reservations about reauthorizing the controversial warrantless domestic surveillance program, then-White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales and White Hous....... [more]

DOJ argues against Ashcroft testimony on NSA surveillance
February 16, 2006 by Joshua Pantesco
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has sent a letter to Senate Judiciary Chairman Arlen Specter (R-PA) seeking to dissuade the committee from calling former Attorney General John Ashcroft and Deputy Attorney General James Comey to testify before the panel, saying their testimony would provide no.... [more]