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It was allowed to expire and that blood would be on jim comey's hands. it culminated in this dramatic hospital room visit to john ashcroft's bedside where jim comey, andy card, the white house chief of staff and the white house counsel all met to try to force ashcroft against comey's wishes to sign off on the program. comey and bob mueller teamed up and brought that to a halt. >> it shows you how dogged he is in his pursuit, when he's given something, he sees it to the end. you said that comey told you he enlisted mueller's help because, quote, i knew that no one cared about losing a deputy at...

In march when this program known as code name stellar wind was due to expire. and james comey believed under the justice department's rules it was unconstitutional and illegal and he went toe to toe with the white house and vice president cheney to get it shut down. vice president cheney disagreed, thought it was an important part of the government's tool kit and told james comey that the program would kill americans if it was allowed to expire and that blood would be on jim comey's hands. it culminated in this dramatic hospital room visit to john ashcroft's bedside where jim comey, andy card,...