But they don't square well with other facts we know, such as Ashcroft's hospital-bed refusal to reauthorize STELLARWIND. More info: In March 2004, the Justice

But they don't square well with other facts we know, such as Ashcroft's hospital-bed refusal to reauthorize STELLARWIND. More info: In March 2004, the Justice Department under Ashcroft ruled that the Stellar Wind domestic intelligence program was illegal. The day after the ruling, Ashcroft became critically ill with acute pancreatitis. President Bush sent his White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales and Chief of Staff Andrew Card Jr. to Ashcroft's hospital bed. They wanted him to sign a document reversing the Justice Department's ruling. But the semi-conscious Ashcroft refused to sign; Acting Attorney General James Comey and Jack Goldsmith, head of the Office of Legal Counsel for DOJ, were there to back him up. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ashcroft#As_U.S._Attorney_General https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ashcroft#As_U.S._Attorney... Original Source: http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/09072007/transcript2.html http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/09072007/transcript2.html