Goodling wanted questions on Gonzales meeting.
Goodling wanted questions on Gonzales meeting.
How did Rep. Artur Davis (D-AL) know to ask Monica Goodling about her “uncomfortable” — and potentially illegal — conversation with Alberto Gonzales? “Her lawyer told him to ask, that’s how.” After today’s hearing, Davis told reporters that there were “informal conversations” with staff and Goodling attorney John Dowd about the line of questioning.
This is a critical point because, in many respects, the questions about the mid-March conversation between Gonzales and Goodling are the most damning revelations today, certainly the freshest new allegations to emerge. And, in the final minutes of the hearing, Davis read verbatim from the transcript of Gonzales when he appeared before the same panel May 10.
During that hearing, the attorney general cited ongoing investigations internally at Justice and on Capitol Hill as the reason why he uttered so many “I don’t recall/I don’t know” answers, because he was unable to speak with his top aides about their recollections.
“I have not gone back and spoken directly with Mr. Sampson and others who are involved in this process in order to protect the integrity of this investigation and the investigation of the Office of Professional Responsibility and the Office of Inspector General,” Gonzales testified under oath May 10. “I am a fact witness. They are fact witnesses.”
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I still want to know why with all the comments and answers she made regarding ‘conversations” and “speaking to” or “not speaking to”, nobody asked her if anyone emailed her. What about all the bizillion emails of Karl Rove’s that got dumped. Did he (Rove) or Harriet Mier or Gonzales EMAIL her? Nobody even asked that. She was most careful with her words (just like Gonzales).
May 23rd, 2007 at 11:34 pmmy, my, how the worms squirm!
May 23rd, 2007 at 11:36 pmUS soldiers are dying for a President who thinks so little of America that he would allow Alberto Gonzales to continue to hold a job.
If it weren’t so disgusting it would be audatious.
-GSD
May 23rd, 2007 at 11:36 pmI don’t get it. Is this a ploy by her lawyer to get himself tossed? Is it a ploy for future appeals? I REALLY don’t get it.
May 23rd, 2007 at 11:37 pmIt is all about asking the “right” questions. Do you suppose the lawyer helped with that part along because basically she wanted permission to let people know what was going on without being a ‘traitor’? Then she could honestly say “I had to answer honestly because I was under oath..”. I wonder how many others out there are just dying to be able to spill their guts and uncomfortable with what has been going on for so long now. They just don’t want to betray their party or lose their position or all they have worked for.
May 23rd, 2007 at 11:38 pmferchrissake, gonzo is such a goddam EMBARRASSMENT to our country, our justice system, the individuals who confirmed him, the man who nominated him, and the congressional representatives who are allowing him to remain in office… like the wicked witch said, “what a world, what a world…”
May 23rd, 2007 at 11:39 pmAnd, yes, I DO take it personally
Maybe this is a way for Goody’s lawyer to avoid subornation of perjury charges?
May 23rd, 2007 at 11:40 pmHow pathetic . These people have nothing but contempt for the American people.
Impeach Gonzales.
May 23rd, 2007 at 11:40 pmI think her lawyer realizes that Gonzo is the real target, he is just helping Monica fulfill her obligations for immunity by targeting ‘Berto.
May 23rd, 2007 at 11:41 pmSame with her earlier testimony disparaging McNulty.
Eeeeew, somebody’s in trouble.
Bill Clinton had trouble w/ his Monica when she couldn’t keep her mouth shut, and now BuschCo is is in trouble because their Monica couldn’t keep her mouth shut either.
May 23rd, 2007 at 11:45 pm#9 - heyzeus
That actually make more sense.
May 23rd, 2007 at 11:46 pmGonzales testified under oath May 10. “I am a fact witness. They are fact witnesses.â€
Translation:
Gonzales testified under oath May 10. “I am a f#cked witness. They are fact witnesses.â€
May 23rd, 2007 at 11:47 pm#12 - Briseadh na Faire
Heh.
May 23rd, 2007 at 11:54 pmIn her testimony today before the House Judiciary Committee, former DOJ White House liaison Monica Goodling joined Alberto Gonzales, Kyle Sampson and Paul McNulty in disclaiming any role in the creation of the infamous list of U.S. attorneys to be fired. It should comes as no surprise that the graduate of Regent University law school would have us believe the list so central to the prosecutors purge appeared magically, untouched by the hands of man. Call it Immaculate Conception.
For the details, see:
May 23rd, 2007 at 11:55 pm“Monica Goodling’s Immaculate Conception.”
http://rigorousintuition.ca/ board/ viewtopic.php?t=11843&sid=4cf72a2e73d98e9329b09b8a764c8cf5
Stop Nuclear Warships on the Barrier Reef -
Stop the War on Iraq….Stop the Talisman Sabre Wargames
may 22, 2007
Hi folks
Shoalwater Bay D-day is looming! In less than a month, we will be cocooned at the Yeppoon caravan park with our warm and friendly community of fellow Peace Convergence activists. People of all ages and backgrounds who have come together to oppose the biggest wargames this country has ever seen – Talisman Sabre 2007.
And we’ve just been told by the Australian Defence Forces that the Americans are now arriving in greater numbers than they first told us.
By June l8, 20,000 American soldiers and sailors will all be in place to commence bombing and blowing the living daylights out of our beautiful and sacred land of Australia.
Personally, writing this now, knowing firsthand the beauty and quiet sanctity of Shoalwater Bay which I’ve sailed into twice, the amazing biodiversity that it encompasses makes me want to cry as I think what this country means to me, what this country has given to me over the years and that there are so few of our fellow Australians who know or seem to care that this is happening.
Twenty thousand US soldiers and sailors in nuclear powered aircraft carriers, destroyers and submarines coming from active duty in the Gulf, leave off killing innocent Iraqis (‘collateral damage’) and other parts of the world to train with our decent young men and women in the ADF to refine how to be more effective killers. On Australian soil.
Live aerial bombings, ship to shore naval bombardments, land based artillery firings, Abrams tanks, landmines, amphibious landings, underwater depth charges let off where the largest colony of dugongs on the east coast feed and the endangered Loggerhead and Green turtles breed in the mouth of Shoalwater Bay.
Nuclear subs sliding inside the Great Barrier Reef (when we’re told that the Reef is dying) where there are 26 species of whales and dolphins. The subs will be using frequency sonar at levels millions of times greater than would burst the human eardrum. Old American warships scuttled in the waters around the Reef straffed by US Airforce jets hammering them with rockets and bombs to show their “good Aussie mates†how effective are their latest laser guided missiles.
B52 bombers, Stealth bombers and B1 bombers flying non-stop from Guam to drop their massive tonnage of bombs from five kilometres high on the acquifer ridden and ancient desert landscape near Katherine, NT - against the ignored wishes of the traditional owners - fuelling in midair before flying back to base.
Part of their training no doubt to simulate a similar run from the US to bomb Iran. It takes three semi-trailers to load up just one B52 bomber with its full payload of bombs. Just one bomber. Bomber after bomber.
On our ancient ochred desert. “Rubbish country only inhabited by blackfellas anyway..!â€
Don’t worry that the world is melting down from climate change and the oceans of aviation fuel and heavy crude oil their ships will guzzle up to come here from the other side of the world. Don’t worry about the carcinogenic nature of all these heavy metal bombs (even if we can ‘trust’ them on their word not to use depleted uranium bombs) they will explode and will drift on the wind over Australia for up to one thousand kilometres from the drop site.
I believe we have an urgent responsibility to speak up for and ‘defend’ country. We have a moral obligation to object to our sacred soil being used to train soldiers for pre-emptive wars that are launched to steal natural resources from people who are no threat to us, who are always the main casualties in these adventurist wars to grab their natural resources so we can indulge our own first world lifestyles.
What does it take dear fellow Australians before the immorality of our inaction dawns home to us making us aware that we are complicit in their murder while we say or do nothing?
What can I do I hear you say? Come to Shoalwater Bay and by your presence bear witness and send a strong message to everyone that its not being done in your name.
We’ve organised an imaginative and active campaign to oppose this with people coming from all over Australia to say ‘No’!
We will converge on Shoalwater Bay and set up our peace camp at Yeppoon after kicking off the protest with a street demonstration and concert in Brisbane June l6 aimed at grabbing media attention and public interest. We want to steal the PR initiative from the Australian and US military BEFORE their war games and live bombardments start in earnest June l9.
http://breakfornews.com/ forum/ viewtopic.php?t=2610&sid=295b6ddb0f74c409ad4013e2a85694df
May 23rd, 2007 at 11:58 pmhttp://www.peaceconvergence.com/newsletter/newsletter17.html
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Tampering with a witness?
You know, people live within the rule of law every
day. It’s not that hard. Think of what it would take
for you, personally, to tamper with a witness
in a case of national scope? What could
possibly be going on with gonzo to make
him risk it? The pressure must be huge.
What is the threat against him that
compells him to do this?
…
May 24th, 2007 at 12:08 amHer lawyer wanted the Dems to ask a question they might not have known to ask.
May 24th, 2007 at 12:12 amThat is interesting.
I am very curious to see where this goes.
Just cut the crap, and indict Gonzales for perjury, then force him to either resign or be impeached > PERIOD.
May 24th, 2007 at 12:32 amShe wanted to be asked about witness tampering, because anything revealed under her grant of immunity cannot be used against her
May 24th, 2007 at 12:35 amMonica wanted the answers…
What was she doing, trying to cheat on a final or something?
May 24th, 2007 at 12:38 amThey aren’t talking about the emails, are they?
May 24th, 2007 at 4:00 amProbably because the prosecution is sitting on those until the last days, letting everyone talk themselves into corners and then WHAM hit them with the perjury charges! Oh please let it be so…
Another day, another lie by Gonzales under oath. Ho-hum. Don’t you folks have anything else to do?
Cheers,
May 24th, 2007 at 7:03 amI watched the hearings yesterday, during one of the breaks Rep Davis was answering telephone questions on CSPAN and thought wow, this guy handles himslef really well. I then watched him when he was up to bat and was once again very impressed, What a perfect replacement he would make to Jeff Sessions in the senate.
I predict that he is definately going to be an up and comer in the Dem party.
The Dems would do well to start grooming this guy for bigger and better things.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:26 am~ making a mental note ~ Thanks Tom
May 24th, 2007 at 9:02 am#19
While I like your logic, it really isn’t applicable here.
If anyone was guilty of witness tampering, it’s Gonzales not Goodling. On the surface, even with her being granted immunity, she did nothing wrong in this instance.
BTW, how many of you have written your Congressman/Senator about this testimony?
Goodling admitted that there were at least 50 career attorneys that were passed over, fired, quit, etc. because they weren’t Republican or didn’t pass her litmus tests. This means that there are at least 50 attorneys who potentially have an agenda, even when this President is out of office.
So what is Congress going to do to get rid of at least 50 political hacks?
May 24th, 2007 at 9:05 amThis smells more like a Rove job every minute. At the end of the day, we have pissed away a lot of political capital, time and energy on what may very well play out to be a non-issue. I think this is a carefully planted story with lots of smoke to keep our eye away from the major issue of Iraq and Iran. Another of KKKarl’s diversionary tactics.
You think maybe?
May 24th, 2007 at 10:07 am