Everyone likes wiretaps! And by everyone, we of course mean the vice president, who disagreed with objections to the warantless surveillance program in a 2004 White House meeting. The meeting took place only one day before Gonzales made a midnight hospital run to convince John Ashcroft to approve the program, according to new written testimony by James Comey. (Washington Post)
The Justice Department has launched an investigation into the hiring practices of the firm building the U.S. embassy in Iraq, amid allegations of human trafficking and slave labor. (Wall Street Journal)
Six human rights groups have called for the release of 39 detainees who they maintain are being held in secret at Guantanamo Bay. At the same time, the administration is pushing ahead with military tribunals of Guantanamo detainees, arguing that prosecuting high-level suspects would be nearly impossible to accomplish in a standard criminal justice system. (NY Times, LA Times)
Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute is headed to the Senate today for confirmation of his fourth star. Expect questions to be asked about his early skepticism towards Bush’s Baghdad surge. (Associate Press)
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