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Now that the Washington Post has revealed that Alberto Gonzales perjured himself while testifying before a Senate committee in 2005 (piling on top of his other perjuries), I will now offer the Ultimate Prediction on what will happen.
Likely? No. But if it happens, you heard it here first:
1. The House of Representatives [...]
Archive for the ‘Overblown Personnel Matter’ Category
May 5th, 2007
Category: Overblown Personnel Matter
In the Gonzales Justice Department, pushing hard for an investigation into the murder of an Assistant U.S. Attorney was a firing offense.
May 3rd, 2007
Category: Overblown Personnel Matter
Yes, Karl Rove could plead the Fifth Amendment to avoid testifying at a hearing on Articles of Impeachment. But he couldn’t on those grounds refuse to produce documents.
May 2nd, 2007
Category: Overblown Personnel Matter
DoJ starts a formal investigation into rulebreaking by Monica Goodling.
April 30th, 2007
Category: Overblown Personnel Matter
Two thirty-somethings had full control of all hiring at DoJ at the Senior Executive Service level; i.e., above the ordinary civil service but below the Senate-confirmed Presidential appointees. It’s as if some political commissar at DoD got to pick all the Generals and Admirals.
April 19th, 2007
Category: Overblown Personnel Matter
It happened on December 7. It was done as a surprise attack, without warning.
Therefore it ought to be called the Pearl Harbor Day Massacre.
So ordered.
April 19th, 2007
Drafted by the undersigned, mostly based on the work of Josh Marshall and his TPM crew, and posted this morning at American Prospect Online.
Here’s my personal favorite:
Do you agree with the theory offered by U.S. Attorney Biskupic that, whenever political considerations enter into the award of a public contract, that constitutes misappropriation of funds? Has [...]
April 13th, 2007
Category: Overblown Personnel Matter
A reader says my suggestion about dragging Karl Rove in wearing handcuffs would backfire.
April 13th, 2007
Category: Overblown Personnel Matter
Tom Maguire can’t defend the Administration on the OPM.
April 12th, 2007
Category: Overblown Personnel Matter
Executive privilege for Karl Rove’s “unofficial” email accounts? No way, no day. The White House is in an indefensible position, both legally and politically. Fred Fielding is bluffing. The Democrats should stand pat and call.
