Comments on: Secret Schmoozing

By: PetePierce

PetePierce — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 04:41:20 +0000

I have zero confidence in Sylvestre Reyes and his merry dwarfs on so-called HPSCI to get anything meaningful out of Bill Bennett and his client.

By: LS

LS — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 03:17:09 +0000

So…Rodriguez (keeper of secrets) is sayin’…listen mofos…you wanna take me down as the fall guy for your fuckery????….Uh…huh….make my day….bring it on….

Delicioso!! Ummm…triple-buttered popcorn, the melted kind…yeah…bring it on Baby!!!!

D’ya think the WH is needing a bunch of Amb*en for this one….Yeah….

Bring it on!!

By: MadDog

MadDog — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 03:12:23 +0000

As expected, no immunity, no talkee.

I would hope that the House Intelligence Committee staff would get a proffer from Bennett on just what Rodriguez can testify to.

Secondly, I would also hope that no such immunity be given unless Rodriguez has some real bomb shells (i.e. indictable info on high up WH morons).

If I was leading the committee, I’d play real hard ball with Bennett. In the end, I’d rather have Rodriguez pleading the 5th than to sellout for less than an indictable major WH player.

And meanwhile, my Vikes are gettin’ their butts kicked.

By: emptywheel

emptywheel — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 03:03:59 +0000

I’ve been reminding for some time that Bennett was using the same language as Monica Goodling’s lawyer did just before he got her immunity and got her out of any guilt for politicizing our entire hiring process.

I suspect Bennett has something similar in mind.

By: rosalind

rosalind — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 02:53:19 +0000

can they give conditional immunity so he can’t change his story? (i.e. “determined not to be the fall guy” into the scooter libby honorary firewall).

By: LS

LS — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 02:28:28 +0000

I don’t know if you guys are interested….but some of the allegations about the Defense Ministry in Britain, as well as the manufacturers of landmines..are being called into scrutiny in this long-overdue inquiry into the crash of Diana/Dodi….

Unbelievably colorful testimony…and don’t miss (save it for the end) the testimony of the American holistic healer…Myriah….

Wow, just wow….it is a novel right in the transcripts, you can’t make this up:

http://www.scottbaker-inquests.gov.uk/

By: MadDog

MadDog — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 02:21:02 +0000

Marcy,

Lest I forget in my normal holiday rush, I wanted to wish you, Jane, Christy, Siun, Pach and all the other residents and visitors of Firedoglake Happy Holidays!

A favorite of mine is “I’ll Be Around“.

By: LS

LS — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 02:14:15 +0000

Heh, heh!!! *g*

By: perris

perris — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 02:10:13 +0000

hey wheel, check this out, rodriquz might be throwing the chimp under the bus

Rodriguez, the CIA official who reportedly ordered the destruction of the torture tapes, “has indicated he may seek immunity from prosecution in exchange for testifying before the House intelligence committee.” Rodriguez is “determined not to become the fall guy” for the White House, according to intelligence sources

By: Hugh

Hugh — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 23:56:06 +0000

The fragility of the House of Saud’s control over KSA motivates it

I agree that it is all about the survival of the House of Saud. They don’t have to like a lot of heretical Iranian Shia to do diplomatic business with them. After all, they do business with us and they like us in some ways even less. The difference between the two situations is that we come and go while the Iranians are neighbors and will be there forever. The Saudis are just covering their bets. It’s SOP really.