Ashcroft will testify in No-Bid-Contract-Gate Hearings

Some good stuff here (0.00 / 0)

The former attorney general is considered a key witness in the inquiry

The House hearing is among several inquiries now under way in Washington regarding the standards for creating monitorships and selecting monitors.

Christie, who has defended the practice as a method to correct corporate misbehavior while preserving jobs, was once Ashcroft's subordinate.

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by: FogerRox @ Tue Feb 26, 2008 at 03:37:14 AM UTC

Ashcroft Is Just a "Civilian" And Really Has No Option... (0.00 / 0)

...other than "pleading the fifth".

Christie needs to be subpoenaed.   No doubt the Republicans would play hardball with a Democartic US attorney if the situation were reversed.

Why are they claiming "executive privilege" if there is nothing to hide?  As it stands now; Christies is hiding behind George Bush's "privileged" skirts.

Let's see if Ashcroft spills any beans.  (not likely.)

I hope they truly do respectfully question him aggressively and in depth and don't meekly defer to him as a former AG.

I wish they would ask Ashcroft about that scene at the hospital!   Now that would be really interesting! (Also unlikely.  lol)

http://balkin.blogspot.com/200...

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by: Nick Lento @ Tue Feb 26, 2008 at 04:22:00 AM UTC

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PS: Pascrell and Pallone should be given... (0.00 / 0)

...an opportunity to testify as a way of publicly raising their concerns with how those contracts were awarded.

Better  yet; they should be allowed to sit in on the committee hearing as mambers for the day so they could question Ashcroft directly.  (not likely).

Also, note that Ashcroft only "agreed" to testify on the day before he knew he was going to be issued a subpoena.

No doubt he'll have constructed enough of a slick cover story to keep the inquiry busy for a few hours.    We shall see.

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by: Nick Lento @ Tue Feb 26, 2008 at 04:32:04 AM UTC

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Go Pallone and Pascrell (0.00 / 0)

Thank you!  At least SOMEBODY'S doing SOMETHING in our Dem Congress that we all had such high hopes for.  Thank you!

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by: tracey @ Tue Feb 26, 2008 at 04:59:32 AM UTC