In March of 2004, virtually every member of the Justice Department’s leadership was prepared to resign over the administration’s warrantless wiretapping program. Thanks to former Deputy Attorney General James Comey’s testimony, that much is well known. But even as Congress has debated giving the telecoms immunity from civil suits for participation in that program, it’s still not understood precisely what was going on that caused such a revolt.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=177849