Breaking News: Prosecutors to Question Rove on U.S. Attorney Firings

[Douglas Carpenter]

"By Carrie Johnson
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, May 14, 2009; 3:09 PM

link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/14/AR2009051402816.html

Former top White House official Karl Rove will be interviewed tomorrow as part of an ongoing criminal investigation into the firing of U.S. attorneys during the Bush administration, according to two sources familiar with the appointment.

Rove has remained in the news as a commentator and political analyst since departing the White House. In an essay in today's Wall Street Journal, he criticized House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), arguing that she may have misled the public about her knowledge of detainee interrogation tactics that critics assert are torture.

As a senior adviser to President George W. Bush, Rove emerged at the center of numerous policy and political debates. He will be questioned tomorrow by Connecticut prosecutor Nora R. Dannehy, who was named last year to examine whether any former senior Justice Department and White House officials lied or obstructed justice in connection with the dismissal of federal prosecutors in 2006.

Robert D. Luskin, a lawyer for Rove, declined comment this afternoon on the imminent interview. So did Tom Carson, a spokesman for Dannehy.

Dannehy mostly has operated in the shadows, quietly issuing subpoenas for documents through a federal grand jury in the District. But in recent weeks she has interviewed other former government aides, including White House political deputies Scott Jennings and Sarah Taylor. She also has reached out to representatives for former Sen. Pete Domenici (R-N.M.) and his chief of staff, Steve Bell, in an effort to determine whether New Mexico U.S. Attorney David C. Iglesias was removed for improper political reasons. "

link to full article:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/14/AR2009051402816.html

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[montanacowboy]

1. Under Oath? In Public?

otherwise forget it

[elizfeelinggreat]

3. amen!

I want him under oath and on the public record!

[L. Coyote]

9. Criminal inquiry w/ Rove as a subject is why no public hearings have been held.

They could interfere with his prosecution! I knew this was coming because there have been no public hearings under oath.

Karl is the target!!!!
Karl is the target!!!!
Karl is the target!!!!

[merh]

12. Oh, I so hope you are right.

Please let it be.

[Magleetis]

2. What is to keep him

from lying his ass off?

[Hepburn]

5. A charge of obstruction of justice....

...but that may not do it.

[merh]

10. This investigation gives him a reason not to testify under oath

before congress - he can claim that he doesn't want to interfere with the on going federal investigation.

I have mixed feelings about this, glad he is investigated but concerned it will be used to his advantage.

Is this the OPR investigation?

[RaleighNCDUer]

I think it's a given that he will

but we do still have perjury laws.

[shadowknows69]

4. How about arresting him for contempt of Congress while we have him?

Sorry, thought I woke up in America this morning there for a minute.

[Contrary1]

6. The "under oath" part always makes me chuckle...

Placing their hand on a bible before lying their asses off wouldn't bother the likes of these people for one single second.

[elizfeelinggreat]

7. It gets them closer to jail, then

The article only says "closed-door testimony" and mentions that "Both sides reached a settlement earlier this year after high-level involvement by lawyers for Bush, new White House counsel Gregory Craigand U.S. House general counsel Irvin B. Nathan."

What a load of **** we've been given!

[opihimoimoi]

8. Rove is gonna do the Goering Route...he will escape by the pill.

Hasta la vista baby...one way or another....you shall be made MOOT

[SoCalDem]

11. He'll just be on Faux News all the time declaring that this is "their" way to "get him"

for "telling the truth about Nancy pelosi"...and the minions will hold candle-light vigils for Poor Dear Karl...being persecuted for using his 1st amendment right..:eyes:

[opihimoimoi]

13. Bush Rove Cheney are Bullies...most of the top dogs in the GOP are

see the signs:

The DSM-IV Diagnostic Criteria for Narcissistic Personality Disorder are:

A. A pervasive pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, lack of empathy, as indicated by at least five of:

1. a grandiose sense of self-importance
2. is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
3. believes that he or she is "special" and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions)
4. requires excessive admiration
5. has a sense of entitlement, ie unreasonable expectations of especially favourable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations
6. is interpersonally exploitative, ie takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends
7. lacks empathy and is unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others
8. is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of him or her
9. shows arrogant, haughty behaviours or attitudes

If ya can unnerstan Bullyism....ya can deal w them....more effectively

[mitchum]

14. That pig will look marginally better in an orange jumpsuit