Iglesias: "Want to get to the bottom of this? Get Rove and company in to testify under oath."

[BurtWorm]

From Down with Tyranny:

http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2007/05/thanks-to-karl-or-monica-or-kyle-or.html


Thanks to Karl or Monica or Kyle or Idiot Al or whoever, a star of sorts is born. Ladies and gents, we bring you fired U.S. Attorney David Iglesias!

"Want to get to the bottom of this? Get Rove and company in to testify under oath."
--former U.S. Attorney David Iglesias, today on washingtonpost.com

This afternoon washingtonpost.com celebrated Monica Goodling Testimony Day by having an online chat with one of her most celebrated victims, former New Mexico U.S. Attorney David Iglesias.


DI took advantage of numerous opportunities to express his support for most of his fellow U.S. attorneys and to repeat his view that a number of his fired colleagues shouldn't have been fired, noting in particular that a number of them--himself included--had ongoing investigations interrupted. Here's a question about a U.S. attorney who might have been fired:

Cheyenne, Wyo.: It was reported today that Wyoming's U.S. Attorney, Matt Mead, was on one of the first lists for consideration. This was a surprise to many of us and is hard to figure out. Have you learned what the White House originally sought to gain by carrying out these mass terminations? What political benefit did they think they would accrue by firing many of their own appointees?

IGLESIAS: Cheyenne: Matt Mead is a standup guy, and I enjoyed serving with him. What political gain could be served by firing appointees who were doing a good job? None. It was a terrible miscalculation.

DI, like the rest of us, seems focused on the mysterious provenance of The List. It has to have come from somewhere, and the possibilities aren't exactly endless.

Boston: I believe we have heard the AG and now Monica Goodling state that they did not know how the list of attorneys to be fired was developed, yet they both stated that the White House was not involved. Does this seem like a strange statement? If they do not know about the deveopment of the list, how do they know the White House was not involved?

IGLESIAS: Boston: The list did not appear magically. Someone compiled it, and if DoJ didn't do it, then the White House did.

A number of questioners had watched or were watching Monica's House Judiciary Committee testimony.

Washington: I am half-listening to the hearing today, and get the sense we will be no closer to the bottom of this issue. What do you think it will take to finally answer all the questions pertaining to the DOJ?

IGLESIAS: Washington: Monica has dropped the dime on <recently resigned Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty>, so that's one thing I've learned. Want to get to the bottom of this? Get Rove and company in to testify under oath. <Later Iglesias referred again to Monica's testimony that McNulty had been "appropriately briefed by Goodling.">

[autorank]

1. K*R "The list did not appear magically."

Iglesias was the wrong guy to fire. He wouldn't cave under pressure, like some, and he wouldn't be tossed aside without fighting back.

[AuntPatsy]

8. I agree, I think it was a definate slip up to fire this guy, I hope

he continues staying in the limelight, I would hate to see them silence this man, he obviously believes in honesty and justice, I just hope he stays safe and does not remain silent.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

2. Rove under oath LOL!

when?

[rasputin1952]

4. I think it would be interesting if he used a Bible to swear in...

Smoke, screams of agony when he touched it, might be somewhat amusing...:D

[Rosa Luxemburg]

15. hopefully he would melt and disappear

however it would be fun to punish him first for all his skullduggery

[global1]

3. Maybe They Will Get Rove In To Testify Under Oath When.......

the Cubs win the world series.

[Subdivisions]

17. Or when

pigs fly out of my butt.

[wiggs]

5. He'll plead the fifth. No way will he spill the beans. If he gets immunity he'll

take full responsibility for politicizing DOJ and....nothing.

A whistleblower is needed.

[Lasher]

11. That's what Oliver North did.

Congress gave him immunity and then North talked about his own involvement only in Iran-Contra. Later he got his criminal conviction overturned on appeal, claiming the jury had been inproperly influenced by his immunized testimony. :grr:

[Gabi Hayes]

18. that was ONLY because of the corrupt, three man panel that overturned the decision.

do the names Sentelle, Silberman, and STARR mean anything?

Silbermann and Sentelle were both appointed by....Reagan

the first two were the judges that 'voted' to overturn the verdict; Starr was solicitor general who went against Independent Counsel Walsh....see where this is leading?

read all about it here, from one of the VERY VERY FEW journalists to give Iran/Contra the coverage it deserved

http://www.consortiumnews.com/archive/story10.html

http://www.consortiumnews.com/1990s/consor42.html

[Lasher]

19. Woah, I did not know these things, Gabi

And David M. Barrett's investigation of Clinton's former Housing Secretary Henry G. Cisneros finally ended last year.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/19/politics/19inquire.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5088&en=ec21d85187f1bfcf&ex=1295326800&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

With particular appreciation for what we are learning about the goings-on at Justice, it appears Republicans have been conducting a systematic campaign to turn our justice system into a tool to help them attain and retain political power. Just as the often-used slogan, 'liberal media' is designed to draw attention away from the way our news media is at the beck and call of conservatives, the term, 'liberal activist judges' appears to have been contrived as another smoke screen for their sinister campaign.

[KharmaTrain]

6. You're Move, Mr. McNulty

Will he stand up or allow Roosevelt's face to be permanently imprinted on him?

This scandal resembles a car dangling over a cliff...barely hanging on...but just one more shock wave and the whole thing goes over.

Now we have the testimony of Ms. Goodling and Mr. Gonzalez that conflict with that of Mr. McNulty. I would imagine that the committee would surely like to question Mr. McNulty again...to see if he sticks by what he said or wants to "revise" his statement.

I get a feeling his second appearance would be quite revealing...and what's he got to lose? He's already been thrown under the bus. Hopefully Schumer's been in contact with him. Somewhere a John Dean needs to come forward out of this swamp.

[MagickMuffin]

7. Here's how the LIST was made

It was conceived and hatched in Rove's office. He would then send Susan Ralston to deliver the LIST in the dead of night to Monica's office.
Monica would find the LIST when she got to work and therefore doesn't "KNOW" who made the LIST.
Of course there could be any number of possibilities....

Ok, anyone else want to play along:evilgrin:

[Lasher]

12. Gonzales went he up unto the sacred White House

And behold, the Brain of Junior sayeth unto him,

Now this is the list of ten Attorneys which The Decider your God giveth. Go whither ye and possess it.

And writeth he did Gonzo the names of them upon the posts of Justice, that Monica might find them.

[bleever]

9. Karlus ex machina.

A big hand came out of the sky, and arranged things to be right.




"Pay no attention to the man behind the cretins."

[nicknameless]

10. “... What political gain could be served by firing appointees ...

who were doing a good job? None. It was a terrible miscalculation.”


That’s naïve, at best.

[Lasher]

13. You got that right.

How about making an example of them, so the other Attorneys know they'd better toe the line.

[BurtWorm]

14. It actually was a miscalculation.

I don't think they knew they were going to be caught. They were trying to fix the system so that they wouldn't be caught. Now some of them are testifying before Congress (which probably wasn't also in their calculations) and nursing subpoena threats.

[kiteinthewind]

16. Hope this guys stays out of small planes n/t