Rodriguez Says No Immunity, No Testimony

[annabanana]

Source: TPM

With a full-blown criminal investigation in the works, Jose Rodriguez, the CIA official who ordered the destruction of the torture tapes, says, via his lawyer Bob Bennett, that he's not testifying about it to Congress without immunity. He'd been scheduled to speak to the House intelligence committee next week as part of their investigation.

If the committee did give him immunity, it could potentially compromise the criminal investigation. If they didn't, he'd probably spend most of his time pleading the Fifth. Bennett first signaled this course last month, when he warned that Rodriguez wouldn't cooperate with a "witch hunt."



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If they give him immunity he will immediately "forget" everything he let them believe he knows....

If they don't he will plead 5th

[marmar]

1. "If they give him immunity he will immediately "forget" everything he let them believe he knows...."

Exactly. I hate all of these pigs.

[elehhhhna]

2. Take the third way and WATERBOARD HIS ASS.

[Fresh_Start]

3. throw him in jail for contempt until he testifies NT

NT

[Kikosexy2]

11. Exactly...

fuck him...rot in hell and get your sweet loving from Bubba...

[MissMillie]

4. If he needs immunity

he is implying that he has done something illegal....

[isocon]

5. Rodriquez Testimony

If he refuses to testify.... LOCK him up until he does. How about a stay in Guantanamo.

[rateyes]

9. You can't lock someone up for exercising their 5th amendment rights.

He has a right to plead the 5th, just like anybody else. I don't think that he'll "forget" either. Immunity only holds if the witness tells the truth. My bet is, there are those in Congress who know the truth. All they need is for the witness to put in on the record.

Promise him immunity AFTER he, in a private deposition, demonstrates that he has committed crimes for which he needs immunity. If he doesn't agree to that, then CHARGE HIS ASS with the crime of torture and destroying evidence of a crime (accessory after the fact), and put him on trial.

He'll talk.

[gratuitous]

6. Another demand for immunity

Golly, what conclusion, if any, should we draw from that? I mean, this not being a crminal trial or anything, but merely a congressional investigation. What is Mr. Rodriguez worried about? Well, I'm sure the Bushbots will be enlightening us through letters to the editor and their echo chamber mouthpieces, oooh, just any time now. We know for a fact that we can rule out any criminal culpability, because this is the most honest, open and law-abiding administration evah.

[Supersedeas]

7. An Administration full of stand up guys -- Sampson, Goodling, Rodrigez

Just so he can be the fall guy and claim that he doesn't recall any details about discussions with WH officials.

[DCKit]

8. Immunity would also allow him to take full responsibility for the destruction...

leaving everyone else - the WH - off the hook and no recourse for Congress (or anyone else) to prosecute.

[rateyes]

10. Why has this man not been charged with a crime?

Yeah, I know the answer.