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2. The Program was run by NSA out of the Director’s office. It was approved by AG John Ashcroft and was set to be re-approved- if the Bush admin could pressure ashcroft lying in a hospital bed to sign it.

Ashcroft had nearly died of ruptured gallbladder & underwent emergency surgery & was barely out of the operating room when Bush White House Officials attempted to get his signature to re-authoritize the program.
3. A famous showdown in that hospital bed ensued- white house officials versus none other than FBI director Mueller & Deputy Attorney General James Comey who auccessfully prevented the AG from reauthorizing the program.

https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-mueller-comey-ashcroft-domestic-surveillance-20170517-story.html
4. As we all know the program was later replaced with a much more shadowy much larger program.
5. Isnt it interesting that people like Comey will prevent spying to hinder some political enemies, but will abuse those same tools without limit to use them on his own political enemies?

https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/aug/19/former-us-atty-spygate-obama-committed-greatest-fe/
Former US Attorney in California & Virginia you say?