WTF Is It Now?!?

Memos contradict Gonzales' sworn testimony
Perjury, contempt of Congress, obstruction of justice: not quite the resume' you want for your nation's top law-enforcement official.

Documents indicate 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 the Attorney General. The documents underscore questions about Gonzales' credibility 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.

"It seemed clear to just about everyone on the committee that the attorney general was deceiving us when he said the dissent was about other intelligence activities and this memo is even more evidence that helps confirm our suspicions," Sen. Chuck Schumer said.

Update: heh -- Pat Leahy and other Senate Dems have called for a perjury inquiry and a special counsel to investigate the attorney general.


Alberto Gonzales leaves his lawyer's office, 7/26/07.
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