This man has damn nerve lecturing ANYBODY about democracy!~!!!! Didn't we fight a war to rid ourselves of another King George?
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/07/18/eavesdropping.gonzales.ap/index.htmlAttorney General: Bush blocked eavesdropping probe Tuesday, July 18, 2006; Posted: 4:08 p.m. EDT (20:08 GMT)
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said the president makes the final decision on access to classified programs.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush personally blocked a Justice Department investigation of the anti-terror eavesdropping program that intercepts Americans' international calls and e-mails, administration officials said Tuesday.
Bush refused to grant security clearances for department investigators who were looking into the role Justice lawyers played in crafting the program, under which the National Security Agency listens in on telephone calls and reads e-mail without court approval, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales told the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Without access to the sensitive program, the department's Office of Professional Responsibility closed its investigation in April...
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