Daschle, Rockefeller, Pelosi all dispute Gonzo's testimony today

[babylonsister]

http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/003770.php

Pelosi: I Objected to Spying When Comey Did
By Spencer Ackerman - July 24, 2007, 7:41 PM

Tom Daschle. Jay Rockefeller. And now Nancy Pelosi.

That makes three members of the Gang of Eight -- the bipartisan congressional leadership briefed about President Bush's warrantless surveillance -- to dispute Alberto Gonzales's testimony that the Gang demanded the surveillance continue after a March 2004 briefing telling them that acting Attorney General James Comey refused to reauthorize the program.

"She made clear her disagreement with the program continuing despite Comey's objection," Pelosi spokesman Brendan Daly tells TPMmuckraker. Pelosi was part of the Gang of Eight in her capacity as House Democratic leader in 2004.

So far we're waiting to hear back from GOP members of the Gang of Eight, as well as Jane Harman, then the ranking Democrat on the House intelligence committee.

[CatWoman]

1. I heard Jane Harman on NPR during my drive home

and she was not happy. Not happy at all.

Gonzo really threw her for a loop; she stopped just short of calling him a liar.

She said she couldn't divulge much of the briefing, as it was and still is classified, but the legality of the program never once was discussed -- they discussed "mechanics".

[partylessinOhio]

5. TY!

Jane Harman lives!

:bounce: :applause: :applause: :applause: :bounce:


:party: :toast: :toast: :party:

[rodeodance]

2. where are the REpugs in the gang----Lets hear from them

[rodeodance]

3. Reps: Bill Frist, Tom DeLay, Pat Roberts and Porter Goss

re: "gang of 8" - includes Senate and House Majority and Minority Leaders plus ranking members of both House and Senate Intelligence Committees.

Therefore, 108th Congress (which would be inclusive of 2003-2004) the eight were:

Dems: Tom Daschle, Nancy Pelosi, Jay Rockefeller and Jane Harman

Reps: Bill Frist, Tom DeLay, Pat Roberts and Porter Goss
Posted by: OhSnap!
Date: July 24, 2007 8:18 PM


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[mohinoaklawnillinois]

4. Oh please, like Frist, DeLay, Roberts and Goss are going

to do anything to hurt Gonzo. It'll happen when hell freezes over.