Via Kos: Now they’re going to go after Fitzgerald. Naturally.
[Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) spokeswoman Sarah] Little said the Senate committee would also review the probe of special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald, who has been investigating the Plame case for nearly two years.
UPDATE: Hmm. Saw a comment from Grytpype over at Daily Kos, saying they might be planning to pull the Ollie North trick: Run an investigation and grant all those involved (Rove, Libby, etc.) all-purpose immunity.
Wouldn’t put it past them…
Isn’t that amazing? Ken Starr, former special prosecutor, spent millions and millions of dollars and YEARS investigating the Clinton administrations, and the Dems didn’t review the probe. Just let the GOP try to do something and the Turd Blossoms will really hit the fan!
Well, if they succeed in undermining the prosecutor then they’ll have what they really want: a government of men, not of laws.
Rove cannot beat this rap in a court of law.
If he can move it back into the political/media realm — by throwing out the prosecutor, or making prosecution impossible or moot — he can beat this rap to death.
Doing so will have profoundly destructive consequences on our nation — consequences that he and his thuggish friends can scarcely imagine — but they will have survived for a little while longer. That’s all they’re after.
Mark my words — this Administration will end up using martial law and emergency powers to hold on to power.
They will cling to power untill they inflame a fullblown public ardor against them. They can’t survive a general strike, or unending public demonstrations.
That’s where we are headed.
Yes general strike. We need to deprive them of the money that enables them. General strike and donot spend any money anywhere for 1 day.
Pardons all around, that’s what I expect to happen, and I don’t foresee the public doing shit about it! Then they’ll all run for office.
Smoke and mirrors
If you’ve been following the hard to follow developments in TreasonGate over the past few weeks you’ve probably been wondering where Congress has been with its investigations. After all, every time someone in the Clinton White House hicco…
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Mark my words—this Administration will end up using martial law and emergency powers to hold on to power.
I’m sure they would be happy to do any such thing if they thought they could get away with it.
I also think they would use nuclear weapons if they thought that would help them — or even just for the hell of it, to show how massive their equipment is. To impress Jeff Gannon.
The real test of this country will be whether these criminals can, in fact, get away with something along those lines — basically throwing away all our laws and institutions and replacing them with the ravenous, awesome power of their own greed and stupidity.
I’m not very optimistic, but I do think there is a lot more recognition recently that the Busheviks are evil idiots.
Let’s not forget the jobs awaiting them at Fox.
It is getting late and the Senate summer recess is approaching. Giving Fitz enough time for an indictment, assuming he is like all other prosecutors and can get a grand jury to indict the proverbial “ham sandwhich”. Any lawyers out there no if an indicted individual testifying before congress can get immunity?
Susie: this immunity gag is the best. If I was their lawyer looking at the tough road ahead, I would love this. If Fitzgerald sees it this way, it could force him to move forward at a different pace than he would like to have. I’ll bet he was hoping to squeeze some small fry first.
JM makes the good point here, that Fitzgerald has the flexibility, time (and probably the evidence) to usurp this inoculating end-run by Roberts, if indeed that is the Bush WH strategy.
However, if Rove or Libby were to secure immunity in time to thwart Fitzgerald, could the Special Prosecutor still announce his intended indictments? Which would still be as politically damaging to the White House?
My understanding (which could be wrong) is that congressional immunity for testifying in hearings cannot stop a prosecutor from going after the witness anyway, as long as the prosecutor did not rely on any evidence that came out at or as a result of the congressional testimony (separation of powers and all that). Since Fitz is basically done, and will be completely done before any hearings happen, I don’t think congressional immunity would have much effect on Fitz’s ability to prosecute.