Congress had better not "compromise" on this again. Without an oath,
testimony is no more reliable than gossip.
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/politics/16941998.htm
Posted on Tue, Mar. 20, 2007
Bush fights back on behalf of his embattled attorney general
By Ron Hutcheson and Margaret Talev
WASHINGTON - President Bush fought back Tuesday in the controversy over
eight fired federal prosecutors, defending Attorney General Alberto
Gonzales, refusing to let his aides testify publicly and demanding that
Democrats "drop the partisanship."
"The initial response by Democrats, unfortunately, shows some appear more
interested in scoring political points than in learning the facts," Bush
said in a hastily arranged late-afternoon White House appearance. "There
is no indication that anybody did anything improper."
The president's counterattack put the White House and Congress on a
collision course over investigations into the firings of the eight U.S.
attorneys last year. Democrats say they are increasingly convinced that
at least some of the prosecutors were fired because they resisted
political interference into their investigations, which, if true, could
be obstruction of justice.
The growing controversy also threatened to sweep away any remaining hope
for bipartisan harmony in a capital whose government is split between the
two political parties.
Vowing to avoid partisan "show trials" in Congress, Bush said he would
let presidential adviser Karl Rove, former White House counsel Harriet
Miers and other aides meet in private with congressional investigators,
without taking oaths to tell the truth under penalty of law.
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