Documents Contradict Gonzales Testimony

Daily Kos Staff

Wednesday July 25, 2007 · 5:12 PM PDT

2007/07/25 · 17:12

Well, we all knew that Alberto Gonzales was lying through his teeth during yesterday's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, and now there is proof:

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. [...]

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."

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.

And yet, Fredo, "stands by his testimony." Impeach now.

Update: Currently on "Countdown," David Shuster is reporting that, according to a legal expert that he's spoken to, "this is a clear case of perjury and it's not even close."

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