My THEORY: Kyle Sampson has been granted or is courting immunity.

[hang a left]

And he has been spilling his guts. We have only just beginning to get teensy tiny tidbits. Let's hope he saw the writing on the wall and has his "own" private little paperwork stashed away somewhere.

The one problem with my theory is that minders from Justice have been present at the questionings. However there could have been deals made. AG and the WH would have to know because of Spector. THe other problem with my theory may be he is enjoying breathing.

WHich leads us to a very important question that the Committee needs to ask tomorrow. "Was anyone on the Committee present during your practice sessions."

[hang a left]

1. See Sampson knows about our "Lam problem"

THat is where the real criminal conspiracy is.

[Warpy]

2. Goodling is angling for immunity

which was the whole reason behind her threat to take the fifth on the stand.

There is no way she'd sing without it.

[hang a left]

5. Yes, I saw that today and read about it last week.

However, they don't really need her, if they have Sampson. Especially if he has been stashing paperwork. He attended weekly meetings at the WH where the firings were discussed. Goodling was just the go between between Justice and Rove.

Also I think that signaling that they are ready to bring the immunity to the committee for a vote may rush other people to talk.

[Norquist Nemesis]

3. Ohhh, great question! And amend it to include Committee Staff!!

:thumbsup:

[Snotcicles]

4. In my opinion any omissions, or false testimony, will void immunity

Let's get the whole truth.

[colbertforpresident]

6. Arlen is a snake

WHich leads us to a very important question that the Committee needs to ask tomorrow. "Was anyone on the Committee present during your practice sessions."

[Old and In the Way]

7. Once one starts singing, watch for the choir to join in.

You just know there are some political opportunists that populate this administration aren't going to take the fall for this administration. All it will take is one to come clean and the house of Bush collapses in a spectacular fashion.

[ThomWV]

8. That's silly. He's already testified, what good would it do now?

What, give him immunity for perjury's already committed?

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11. I don't think he has committed perjury. Not that I am aware of

My real interest in what he knows refers to the real reasons the WH had a "Lam Problem" if you get my drift.

[ThomWV]

13. Yep - I Understand what you're saying, but as to the perjury ...

If you will recall he testified that there were no named replacements in mind for the fired prosecutors? Well, the following friday's dump contained an E-Mail from him to Alberto with a list of those fired and their intended replacements. He said no replacements had been considered but in fact it was he who maintained the list of the replacements who were being considered. Under Oath, in front of Committee. Sounds like perjury to me.

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14. Thanks THOM for reminding me.

Your right. I get so confused sometimes following this story all over the place.

[Robbien]

9. I hope they don't offer both Sampson and Goodling deals

Sampson is a weasel and deserves some sort of punishment for his part in turning the Justice Department into a tool for the RNC. Same goes for Goodling.

I'd like to see one or the other get punished.

[in_cog_ni_to]

10. You KNOW Senators and staff DO prep witnesses that are to appear before their committees...REMEMBER

Lindsey Graham sitting in on Scalito's practice session before he appeared before the Judiciary Committee for confirmation?

Here's what they do:

<snip>
During recent high-profile confirmations -- Gonzales's for AG, as well as Roberts's for chief justice and Samuel Alito's for Supreme Court associate justice -- Senate Republican aides worked very, very closely with administration officials. One of those Senate aides is Michael O'Neill, chief counsel for Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.).

"We had worked closely on strategy for the Roberts hearings and were constantly in touch during the Alito hearings as well," Gillespie wrote of O'Neill in his book.

O'Neill and other senior Specter staff would gather information about what Republicans would want to ask the nominees, relaying that to administration officials. Also, knowing that Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) would ask questions after Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), the top Democrat on the panel, GOP aides would prepare "rehab questions" for Hatch to ask the witness in the event that Leahy's line of questioning was too tough.

On one rare occasion, O'Neil even stopped by a Roberts murder board session, according to a former Republican committee aide. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) was even in attendance to watch Alito during one pre-hearing "moot" session.

But no such coordination is currently happening with Capitol Hill. No White House officials are helping with the prep, either, a stark contrast to Gonzales's confirmation in January 2005, which was managed by White House staff. Gonzales has isolated himself from his closest advisers, including Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty, for fear of appearing to conspire to mislead Congress. Today's New York Times reported that Tuesday's murder-board session lasted five hours.<snip>

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/capitol-briefing/2007/04/gonzales_hopes_murders_help_he.html

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12. Oh yes I do remember that.

THat is why I thought of it immediately. I can understand them being present for a confirmation that the president wants.

However, this is an investigation into criminal activities of which the committee is charged with investigating. If any members of the committee of their staffs injected themselves into the defense, I would think that would require scrutiny.

[in_cog_ni_to]

15. That would definitely require scrutiny and I hope Leahy and Schumer

read DU...or at least, their staffers do.:)

I don't doubt Specter would do something like that either. He's NOT to be trusted.