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FBI Director's Notes: Ashcroft "Feeble, Barely Articulate" During Gonzales Confrontation

Washington Post   |  Dan Eggen   |   August 16, 2007 03:35 PM

Read More: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Alberto R. Gonzales , Breaking Politics News
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Then-Attorney General John D. Ashcroft was "feeble" and "barely articulate" following a hospital room confrontation in March 2004 with Alberto R. Gonzales, who wanted Ashcroft to approve a warrantless wiretapping program over Justice Department objections, according to personal notes from the FBI director released today.

Five pages of heavily censored notes from FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III also suggest that Ashcroft's deputy was so concerned about undue pressure from Gonzales and other White House aides that he asked Mueller to bar any more visitors from entering Ashcroft's room.

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