WASHINGTON AP – 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 the ailing attorney general to endorse Bush’s surveillance program. Ashcroft, said to have been barely conscious at the time, refused.
