Comments (24)

P J Evans wrote on February 28, 2007 6:20 PM:

Oh please, subpoena all of them. As soon as possible. (And then find jobs for them investigating this administration!)

Jake wrote on February 28, 2007 6:25 PM:

Isn't Iglesias from NM and not NV, hence the possibl link to Wilson R-NM?

Nevada Scandalmonger wrote on February 28, 2007 6:25 PM:

I believe Mr.Iglesias is from Texas. Daniel Bogden was the guy fired in Nevada.

Nevada Scandalmonger wrote on February 28, 2007 6:27 PM:

Oops, not Texas, Iglesias is from New Mexico.

Scott S. Cooper wrote on February 28, 2007 6:58 PM:

This is an important step towards setting up a case for stripping some odious "clauses" from the 109th's version of the Patiot Act. Personally they should scrap the entire Bill and begin to restore our Rights wholesale. There is nothing in the Bill or it's intent worthy of being Law in A Republic, Ruled by Law not Despotic Fiat!

Dennis wrote on February 28, 2007 6:58 PM:

Let's see who in the Congress and the Bush administration who says, "This is totally unnecessary...a waste of time...we have more important things to do...it's just another political witch hunt...just trying to make the administration look bad...."

It's Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. eastern time, but I'll bet something will eminate from the White House before 10:00 a.m. tomorrow.

You don't have to be a blind conservative not to see it, just an ignorant one to deny it.

bp wrote on February 28, 2007 7:07 PM:

Subpeonas, please, and don't hold the mustard. You can do this. Go for it.

johnnydrama wrote on February 28, 2007 8:07 PM:

For anybody who would question how important it is to be the majority in congress all you have to know is

10-9
10-9
10-9

This story is huge, and by a 10-9 vote I think it will get even huger.

Jack wrote on February 28, 2007 8:23 PM:

There needs to be a full investigation by Congress and not just a single hearing with a few Sunday talk show speeches. Just two of the incidents alone indicate possible corruption within the Department of Justice that could undermine the entire justice system.

Congress needs to determine if Lam's firing is related to her prosecution of the corrupt Republican Congressmen. They also need to find out if Iglesias's firing is related to the phone call from 2 Congressmen pressuring him to charge a Democrat politician before the election, and his refusal to be unlawfully influenced by them.

If either of these allegations are true, then Congress must remove Alberto Gonzales, Paul McNulty and any others involved in these acts from office or federal law enforcement will risk losing all credibility with the American people and the federal courts.

Hon. Neil Abbey wrote on February 28, 2007 8:23 PM:

FRESH AIR AND OPEN HEARINGS, PLEASE.

THE REPUBLICANS HABEUS THE CORPUS

goteed1 wrote on February 28, 2007 8:24 PM:

Put your tinfoil hats on...I'm wondering how Heather Wilson would even know that she could get this guy fired? She obviously knew to mention it to someone who she knew could do this...in other words, was it somehow understood amongst republicans that they were looking to replace justices?

ViniloSuave wrote on February 28, 2007 8:53 PM:

"Corruption never was compulsory." Robinson Jeffers

Netmaker wrote on February 28, 2007 8:59 PM:

Wouldn't Carol Lam's firing be considered as obstruction of justice seeing as how it seems designed to impede the corruption investigations she was running?

Al in Austex wrote on February 28, 2007 9:07 PM:

This is the beginning of the end for the NeoThugs!
Committe Chair Sanchez is a home girl from SoCal ,and knows all about the Republicans that are corrupted by the earmarks /defense contractors / bribery triangle .
And Extradite ar any other contributor to comments here that are getting Pissy about the fleckless Democrats . Well go ahead and get set to TIVO the C-Span hearing for viewing again & again .Eight or nine angry ex USA are loaded for Bear Hunting .
Committee Chair Sanchez will be kicking butts & taking names. And GirlFriend will be having Chairman Waxman riding shotgun !
Al in Austex

JD21 wrote on February 28, 2007 9:22 PM:

2015? Huh? This is from the Director of National Intelligence, McConnell. It's an imminent threat alright, just like Iraq was . . . or wasn't!

http://in.today.reuters.com/News/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2007-02-27T235601Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-289408-1.xml

And this after Cheney gets rebuffed by our "ally" Pakistan. And Hersch reports we are funding Sunni extremists in Northern Lebanon who may be linked to al Qaeda. And by the way we just found out bin Ladin is probably alive and well in all those training camps in Northern Pakistan that Pakistan says don't exist.

If this weren't our national security policy, it would be a hilarious joke.

These Republicans and their Fox mouthpiece have sung America to sleep. We have forgotten that we as taxpaying citizens are entitled to good government with well-thought-out foreign policies based in fact and logic.

Oh well. Goodnight everybody. And good luck.

EBRADLEE wrote on February 28, 2007 9:34 PM:

The Karl Rove way forward will form a conga line to a minimum security prison.

cheSF wrote on February 28, 2007 9:52 PM:

I think they should subpoena Specter's staff as well, to find out exactly how this was slipped into the bill. And Abu Gonzalez should also testify, so that he can add another nail of lies to his bed!

Smitty Irving wrote on February 28, 2007 10:06 PM:

Plllleeeeaaaaazzzeeee - subpoena them NOW - ALL of them. That would prevent the Bushistas from firing Patrick Fitzgerald, the only hope we have for clean government in Illinois ... .

AZ Cowboy wrote on February 28, 2007 11:40 PM:

Is there any reason to believe that all 10 Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary committee wouldn't vote to issue subpoenas?

At the very least we can be thankful Joe Lieberman isn't on that committee.

stephen wrote on February 28, 2007 11:44 PM:

From little acorns grow mighty Oaks......You could say that this story has ROOTS!!!! And they are growing tenaciusly towards Justice and perhaps Karls Office as well.

stephen wrote on February 28, 2007 11:50 PM:

From little acorns grow mighty Oaks......You could say that this story has ROOTS!!!! And they are growing tenaciusly towards Justice and perhaps Karls Office as well.

Al in Austex wrote on March 1, 2007 5:22 AM:

And while we are having sworn testimony before Committees why not have some of the ninety-nine Consgressional Investigative Staffers that were fired by then Chairman Jerry Lewis come tell all about what & who they were investigating when they were terminated .
This all relates back to the earmarks,the corrupt Defense Contractors, black ops overseas, and bribed dirty rotten Scoundrels such as the Dukester. Contra Wars in the 21st Century !
And as a "sidebar" whats up with Congressman "I don't know how that much cash" got in my freezer Jefferson being reassigned to the Homeland Security Committee?
Al in Austex

nellieh wrote on March 1, 2007 12:20 PM:

Wouldjump encouraging a US Attorney to bring charges before a certain date be interfering in an investigation? Although they would not be obstructing they could cause the investigators to overlook evidence in haste. Believe me I would find something I could charge these skanks with even if I had to make something up. Where do they get the balls to do something so self serving stupid?

Richard L. Adlof wrote on March 1, 2007 1:52 PM:

johnnydrama'

"This story is huge, and by a 10-9 vote I think it will get even huger."

Spot on and totally farging correct!

I think that voters from the districts of the repeating nine NEED to make repeated phone calls for next two years.