Posted by D. Cupples | In 2006, as the Justice Department investigated the Bush Administration's 
warrantless wiretapping program (which may have become active before 9//11), President Bush shut down the probe by refusing to grant security clearance to investigators. It seemed backward that a probe's target could so easily obstruct a probe.
Today's Washington Post reported that Justice Department lawyers "recently received the necessary security clearances" and can continue the probe.
No one knows why President Bush changed his mind. The news comes less than a week after Michael Mukasey became the new Attorney General.
Today's Washington Post describes the Administration's warrantless wiretapping program as "authorized by Bush in late 2001" (i.e., after 9/11). An October 13th Washington Post article discusses evidence that Bush Administration officials sought Qwest Communications' help in getting American's private phone records without court approval before September 11, 2001.
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