Wiretap Said To Be Viewed As Serious In Late 2005

By MARK MAZZETTI and NEIL A. LEWIS, New York Times
Thu, 04/23/2009 - 8:26pm

Wiretap Said to Be Viewed as Serious in Late 2005

Despite a longstanding policy to alert Congressional leaders quickly if a member could be the target of a security investigation, Alberto R. Gonzales resisted briefing lawmakers on Jane Harman’s wiretap.

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