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Moyers: Justice Dept. Official On "The Most Amazing Scene I've Ever Witnessed" [VIDEO]
In these two excerpts from Bill Moyers Journal, Jack Goldsmith, former head the Office of Legal Counsel at the Justice Department, gives an insider's view of advising the President on the limits of executive power during the war on terror.
In the second excerpt, Goldsmith recounts what he calls "the most amazing scene I'd ever witnessed"—the night then White House counsel Alberto Gonzalez and former White House chief of staff Andrew Card, went to the hospital to try to persuade Attorney General John Ashcroft to give his permission on a secret surveillance plan, overriding acting Attorney General James Comey.
Tagged as: moyers, terrorism, wiretapping, gonzales, ashcroft, goldsmith, card
Adam Howard is the editor of PEEK.
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