Back in mid May I had some suspicion around the Comey testimony. While Deputy Attorney General JamesComey rushed to the hospital where Gonzales and Card were trying to convince Ashcroft to sign off a special program he also alarmed FBI director Mueller. Later on Mueller like Comey and some 30 other folks threatened to resign over the White House’s handling of the program.

As the original eavesdropping program was about foreign calls to the U.S., not domestic ones, I asked Why Was FBI Director Mueller Involved?

I suggested that a different, so far unknown program was involved. Now via Think Progress there is some confirmation.

Last week Steven Bradbury, the principal deputy assistant attorney general and the head of the Office of Legal Counsel testified before a Congress sub-committee:

REP. WATT: I’m not asking you to make anything public. I’m asking you, does that mean that the former attorney general had some reservations about — legal reservations about some aspects of the program, Mr. Bradbury?

MR. BRADBURY: Well, all I’ll say is what the attorney general has said, which is that disagreements arose, disagreements were addressed and resolved; however, those disagreements did not — were not about the particular activities that the president has publicly described, that we have termed the Terrorist Surveillance Program.

The disagreement happened in March 2004, the start of the election season. It was about some illegal domestic program and the White House was heavily involved.

My best guess is that this program was digging up dirt about political oppenents.

There is no proof for this yet, but usually some D.C. insider will spill the beans on stuff like this one or the other day.

Stay tuned …