In work settings these days, Powerpoint is the required means of communication, even though reducing arguments to bullet points in many cases is obviously ridiculous. But in the case of the Bush Administration, our current stenography press corps actually needs to have the lies and deceptions of BushCo bulleted out for them in very simple terms.
So, after reading Jane Hamsher and Anonymous Liberal's case against Gonzales I put a few slides together to illustrate how Gonzales attempted defense with his strict definition of the NSA wiretapping "program" is clearly false. And how, as Glenn Greenwald points out, the focus on the definition of the meaning of "program" is itself a smokescreen which raises more questions about criminal spying activity by Bush.
Slides after the jump. Updated below: Slides available for download on Slideshare.
These are crossposted at The New Down
Slide 1: Gonzo's claims
Slide 2: Attempted defense
Slide 3: Gonzo's definition of "program"
Slide 4: Problem for Gonzo -- dissent was widespread
Slide 5: Problem for Gonzo -- direct contradictions of his testimony
Slide 6: Problem for Gonzo -- evidence of more illegal activity
Slide 7: Conclusion
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Sources for the slides also include FBI Chief Disputes Gonzales On Spying and Data Mining Figured In Dispute Over NSA from the Washington Post among other sources.
If you have any suggestions for the slides, or any tips on how to dumb them down for the DC stenography press corps, please let me know. Here are the images as a Flickr set and the slides can be viewed or downloaded on Slideshare