Gonzales to Testify on Domestic Spying

[tocqueville]

By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press Writer
34 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Friday he will testify publicly at a Senate hearing on the Bush administration's domestic spying program, in the face of questions from lawmakers and legal analysts about whether it is lawful.

Gonzales said he reached an agreement with Sen. Arlen Specter (news, bio, voting record), R-Pa., chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, to answer questions about the legal basis for the National Security Agency's warrantless eavesdropping on telephone conversations between suspected terrorists and people in the United States.

"We believe the legal authorities are there," Gonzales said at a news conference at the Justice Department. "The president acted consistent with his legal authority in a manner that he thought was necessary and appropriate to protect the country against this new kind of threat."

The attorney general said he will not discuss operational aspects of the program at the hearing, which is expected to occur next month. Specter said Sunday that he had asked Gonzales to testify publicly.

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[babylonsister]

1. Testify or lie? nt

[tsuki]

3. Lie. n/t

[saltpoint]

2. I think Babylonsister has this one just right -- testify or LIE? n/t

[ThomWV]

4. Godddddammit!

If he has agreed with Specter to testify it means the conditions of his testimony have already been determined, and that means there will be limits so severe that no one will come out of it knowing one single damned thing.

Pointless.

[Bjornsdotter]

5. Sworn testimony

...or like Bush and Cheney?

Cheers!