PROOF Of Perjury - Documents Contradict Gonzales Testimony

[kpete]

By LARA JAKES JORDAN, Associated Press Writer
52 minutes ago



WASHINGTON - Documents show that eight congressional leaders were briefed about the Bush administration's terrorist surveillance program on the eve of its expiration in 2004, contradicting sworn Senate testimony this week by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

The documents, obtained by The Associated Press, come as senators consider whether a perjury investigation should be opened into conflicting accounts about the program and a dramatic March 2004 confrontation leading up to its potentially illegal reauthorization.

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A four-page memo from the national intelligence director's office shows that the White House briefing with the eight lawmakers on March 10, 2004, was about the terror surveillance program, or TSP.

The memo, dated May 17, 2006, and addressed to then-House Speaker Dennis Hastert, details "the classification of the dates, locations, and names of members of Congress who attended briefings on the Terrorist Surveillance Program," wrote then-Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte.

It shows that the briefing in March 2004 was attended by the Republican and Democratic House and Senate leaders and top Intelligence Committee members, as Gonzales testified.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070725/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/congress_gonzales;_ylt=Aicq9OtrlkL8VODn8_wPn_as0NUE

[NV Whino]

1. Rake that smug little fucker over the coals!

[tanglefoot]

3. I love how you think!

Smug Little Fucker is so on target.

[Swamp Rat]

5. Welcome to DU!

:hi:

[rodeodance]

2. Gonzales answered. "It was about other intelligence activities."

A Gonzales spokesman maintained Wednesday that the attorney general stands by his testimony.

At a heated Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday, Gonzales repeatedly testified that the issue at hand was not about the terrorist surveillance program, which allowed the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on suspects in the United States without receiving court approval.

Instead, Gonzales said, the emergency meetings on March 10, 2004, focused on an intelligence program that he would not describe.

Gonzales, who was then serving as counsel to Bush, testified that the White House Situation Room briefing sought to inform congressional leaders about the pending expiration of the unidentified program and Justice Department objections to renew it. Those objections were led by then-Deputy Attorney General Jim Comey, who questioned the program's legality.

"The dissent related to other intelligence activities," Gonzales testified at Tuesday's hearing. "The dissent was not about the terrorist surveillance program."

"Not the TSP?" responded Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y. "Come on. If you say it's about other, that implies not. Now say it or not."

"It was not," Gonzales answered. "It was about other intelligence activities."

[napi21]

4. I suspected there was some proof lurking around somewhere

when I heard Schumer and Leahey repeatedly ask Gonzo "Are you SURE?" Leahey sealed it in my mind when at the close of the hearing He told Gonzo "You might want to review your testimony and the records. You have a few days to revise your testimony if you feel that's necessary." The Senators KNEW THEN that there was proof that he was lying, and IMO they gave him more warning and advice that was necessary to save his a**!

Since he, through a staffer, released a statement tonight stating that he stands by his testimony, I don't expect to see any revisions!

[Jackpine Radical]

6. There's a steaming little turd in this pile of testimony that nobody seems to be smelling.

If Gonzo wasn't twisting Ashcroft's arm about the TSP, what WAS he trying to ram through? I think Gonzo may actually be telling the truth, that there may actually be something darker underlying all of this, hiding in plain sight like the dog that didn't bark.

edited to add--

I see my fellow cheesehead rodeodance, above, was kinda nosing around the same turd.

[tanglefoot]

8. Fine sense of smell you've got there!

Finely honed indeed. Is it popcorn time? Or will our weak-kneed Dems just roll around in it until they can't smell it any more.

[Major Hogwash]

7. To the pitchforks and torches!

Storm the walls of the White House.

Get that lying little shill!!

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

9. Was it Whitehouse that asked Gonzo to reply to a letter he was going to send

to him? Whitehouse asked Gonzo to reply to his letter by Friday. I take it this letter would be Classified, as well as any reply. I wonder what that is all about.