Timeline Item Three Weeks After the Program is Authorized, Attorney General Ashcroft Asks OLC Lawyer Yoo to Analyze Its Legality for the First Time Read more about Three Weeks After the Program is Authorized, Attorney General Ashcroft Asks OLC Lawyer Yoo to Analyze Its Legality for the First Time
Timeline Item Addington, Counsel to VP, Refuses to Inform Other White House Officials of the Program, Gives Ominous Warning Read more about Addington, Counsel to VP, Refuses to Inform Other White House Officials of the Program, Gives Ominous Warning
Timeline Item Attorney General Certifies NSA Program Without Assessing Program's Legality Read more about Attorney General Certifies NSA Program Without Assessing Program's Legality
Timeline Item Parts of the Cancelled "Total Information Awareness" Program Quietly Moved into Domestic Spying Program Read more about Parts of the Cancelled "Total Information Awareness" Program Quietly Moved into Domestic Spying Program
Timeline Item New York Times Reports NSA Program Leads FBI to Hundreds of Dead-Ends and Innocent Americans Read more about New York Times Reports NSA Program Leads FBI to Hundreds of Dead-Ends and Innocent Americans
Timeline Item New York Times Reveals Companies Gave Backdoor Access to Their Communications Stream Read more about New York Times Reveals Companies Gave Backdoor Access to Their Communications Stream
Timeline Item New York Times Reveals NSA Spying Program Much Larger Than President Bush Acknowledged Read more about New York Times Reveals NSA Spying Program Much Larger Than President Bush Acknowledged
Timeline Item New York Times Reveals Some of NSA Spying Activites Are Purely Domestic Read more about New York Times Reveals Some of NSA Spying Activites Are Purely Domestic
Timeline Item Bush Tells Deputy Attorney General Comey to Make the Changes and Stay on; Most of the Program Remains Read more about Bush Tells Deputy Attorney General Comey to Make the Changes and Stay on; Most of the Program Remains
Timeline Item Deputy Attorney General Comey, Along with Several Top DOJ and FBI Officials, Plan to Resign Read more about Deputy Attorney General Comey, Along with Several Top DOJ and FBI Officials, Plan to Resign
