Earlier this month, the Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility said that they had to close their investigation into whether department officials (including both Attorney Generals) acted properly in approving and overseeing the Bush administration’s domestic eavesdropping program run out of the National Security Agency. The reason given was that they didn’t have the proper security clearances.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=183269