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Originally Posted by amber
Edit - source says congressional leadership at least knew, Pelosi kept her mouth shut b/c no one else was saying anything, and whoever knew, knew they were not getting court orders.
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The only people in congress who knew anything about this was the House Intelligence Committee and they are required by law to keep those briefings secret from the rest of congress.
That's why Dubya was so pissed that the NY Times printed the article that revealed this whole thing. The Bush administration tried to pressure the NY Times to not print the article, but they gave them the finger.