Blitzer claims Ashcroft signed off on the NSA program

[More Than A Feeling]

thought Newsweek clearly said he did not?

[madmom]

1. I heard it both ways also ..don't know

[OldLeftieLawyer]

2. Of course he did

They went to him while he was in the hospital, recovering from gall bladder surgery. Even Ashcroft had reservations about it, but a little arm-twisting on a post-operative patient can change someone's mind really fast.

These guys are such thugs.

[Call me Deacon Blues]

7. I can picture Cheney, standing by Ashcroft's bed

pressing a burning cigarette to his wound.

[OldLeftieLawyer]

8. Well,

see, I'd like that.

Provided someone was standing behind Cheney with a high-powered cattle prod.

[rodeodance]

3. asscroft was initially hesitant (in hospital)--but later did the deed.

[napi21]

4. I don't know if he did or not, but Wolff was right that they went ti

Ashcroft in the intensive room at the hospital to get him to do it! I've seen that confirmed a number of times.

I was also surprised that Wolff was really pushiong Bay today. Someone much have booted him in the....

[Quakerfriend]

5. I heard just last week that he refused!

[robbedvoter]

6. Anyway, it doesn't make it legal, so who cares?

Just another angle of justification.

[global1]

9. If Blitzer Is Right And Ashcroft Did Sign Off While In The Hospital....

someone should check what kind of medications he was under and if there was anyway that the drugs he might have been on could impair his judgement.