Gonzales grilled anew by House (did not express any regret)

[sabra]

Source: AP

He's asked about wiretaps and his predecessor. The Senate questions a memo saying aides are immune from subpoenas.

Washington - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales came under new questioning Thursday about President Bush's wiretapping program and the administration response to congressional subpoenas.

In a closed-door session, House Intelligence Committee chairman Silvestre Reyes said members were especially interested in the reasons behind Gonzales' controversial 2004 visit to the hospital bedside of John Ashcroft, reportedly to pressure him to endorse Bush's surveillance program. Ashcroft, said to have been barely conscious at the time, refused.

Gonzales did not express any regret, Reyes said after the hearing ended.

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Ranking Republican Pete Hoekstra urged Congress to move on from speculation over the hospital visit, which he likened to a discussion of "exactly what (flavor) Jell-O Ashcroft was eating in the hospital."

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[rodeodance]

1. I see Hoekstra is taking his turn at mocking these hearings!

[MADem]

2. His district needs to tell him what they think of that bullshit... NT

[underpants]

3. Gonzo is just punching his ticket

if he says nothing he gets a free ride the rest of his life

[woodsprite]

4. The rest of his life......and the rest of ours probably. n/t

[UTUSN]

5. "did not express any regret" - Of COURSE not, he's a member of the Scooter Gold Card club n/t