c-span2 - white house presser w/tony snow starting

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1. Snow; "I don't know anything about the conversation..." ASHCROFT, BUSH, et.al.

Snow being grilled at Press Conference right now on this.

babylonsister Tue May-15-07 09:40 AM - http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3265137
Comey Details White House Attempt to Force Approval of Secret Program
http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/003221.php
By Paul Kiel - May 15, 2007, 11:31 AM

In testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee this morning, former Deputy Attorney General James Comey detailed the desperate late night efforts by then-White House counsel Alberto Gonzales and White House chief of staff Andrew Card to get the Justice Department to approve a secret program .....

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Snow; "I don't know anything about the conversation..."

FROM Kiel: "Comey said that it took two to three weeks for the Justice Department to do the analysis necessary to have the program approved. During that time, the program went on without Justice Department approval. But following the Justice Department's suggested changes, the Justice Department (either Ashcroft or Comey) did sign off on the program...."