when the government continuously applies the "matters of national security" argument to stymie investigations, even in the most dubious of circumstances?
Justice Department Probe Foiled
By Shane Harris and Murray Waas, National Journal © National Journal Group Inc. Thursday, May 25, 2006
An internal Justice Department inquiry into whether department officials -- including Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and then-Attorney General John Ashcroft -- acted properly in approving and overseeing the Bush administration's domestic eavesdropping program was stymied because investigators were denied security clearances to do their work. The investigators, however, were only seeking information and documents relating to the National Security Agency's surveillance program that were already in the Justice Department's possession, two senior government officials said in interviews. [full story here]
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