TPM: AP reports that Gonzo opposed destruction of the CIA tapes

[deminks]

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/061634.php

The AP reports that Alberto Gonzales was among a group of White House lawyers who opposed destruction of the tapes:

One official familiar with the investigation said the review so far indicates that Alberto Gonzales, who served as White House counsel and then attorney general, advised against destroying the videotapes as one of four senior Bush administration attorneys discussing how to handle them. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the ongoing investigation. Gonzales' attorney, George Terwilliger, declined comment.

Another of the administration attorneys, John Bellinger, then a lawyer at the National Security Council, has told colleagues that administration lawyers came to a consensus that the tapes should not be destroyed, said a senior official familiar with Bellinger's account of the 2003 White House discussion. Bellinger could not be reached for comment.

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No mention of Cheney's David Addington.

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So, my question is, will Addington sacrifice himself for his boss like Libby did? I doubt it, but it's looking mighty smoky in the office again, eh?

[tekisui]

1. Addington should have been gone a long time ago.

He would definitely fall before it got to dickie. His office is probably soaked today.

[L. Coyote]

2. Note the careful parsing "recommendation in 2003" So, in 2004 WHAT?

"... official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter. "The recommendation in 2003 from the White House was that the tapes should not be destroyed." from the White House was that the tapes should not be destroyed." ..."