Close viewers of last Friday's White House press briefing caught it, and so did the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

In explaining why the White House gave the Senate intelligence committee long-sought documents on warrantless wiretapping but not the Judiciary Committee, which subpoenaed them months ago, spokesperson Dana Perino seemed to make the document production contingent on support for telecom immunity.

Sens. Leahy and Specter--still waiting on those documents--were none too pleased to hear of that condition and have fired off a letter complaining to White House counsel Fred Fielding.