Specter Wants A.G.'s Testimony on Spying

'WASHINGTON - The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Sunday he has asked Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to testify during open hearings on the legality of the Bush administration's domestic spying program.

Hearings are planned for early February into the National Security Agency program that President Bush approved in 2002, said Sen. Arlen Specter (news, bio, voting record), R-Pa. They will examine whether the congressional resolution authorizing the president to use force against Iraq allowed eavesdropping without a court order, as the administration contends, he said.

Gonzales' testimony is being sought because he is the principle spokesman for the administration's position, Specter said.

The attorney general was White House counsel when Bush initiated the program, a role that could raise issues of attorney-client privilege in seeking his testimony. A message left with the Justice Department on Sunday was not immediately returned.

Asked on CBS's "Face the Nation" if Gonzales had agreed to appear, Specter said, "Well, I didn't ask him if he had agreed. I told him we were holding the hearings and he didn't object. I don't think he has a whole lot of choice on testifying.""
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I'm just guessing, but I think that Specter was not in the loop on this domestic spying for which the administration claimed they had congressional approval. I wonder who was in the loop, De Lay and his Russian money men?