"now, will our mystery guest please sign in?" -- before the house judiciary committee -- june 14, 2007

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UPDATED @ 11:10 a.m.
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our "mystery guest" will be. . .

wait for it. . .

harriet miers -- and she'll have
quite a bit "of 'splainin' to do,
lucy. . . oh, rickie. . ."

[and, over at the senate, on
july 11, our guest will be one
sara taylor. . . the currently
reigning "queen of the mean",
in her e-mails, released last night. . .]

quoth chairman conyers:

". . .Let me be clear:

this subpoena is not a request,
it is a demand on behalf
of the American people for
the White House to make available
the documents and individuals we
are requesting to help us answer
the questions that remain. The
breadcrumbs in this investigation
have always led to 1600 Pennsylvania. . ."

indeed.

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okay -- breaking reports indicate
that subpoenas have issued for former
white house counsel harriet miers, and
former white house/karl rove
aide, sara taylor. . .

and, probably not-coincidentally,
a hearing on "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"(!) has
just now been set for 1:00 p.m. e.d.t.,
tomorrow before the house judiciary
committee [click to enlarge!]:



and so -- in the land of 1960s t.v.,
let's play -- "what's my line?". . .

who will be rep. conyers' mystery
guest, tomorrow afternoon? this
will certainly be fun!

[later update: the page imaged, above,
this morning -- and linked under the "fun"
sentence, immediately above, has been
removed -- it was on the house judiciary
committee website. man, am i glad i
took a page-capture, in real-time!
it will -- no doubt -- be a classic!]

more seriously, getting the upper
tactical hand is a great idea -- and
using surprise to do it? yes! -- but
rep. conyers must be mindful of the
48-hour notice rule for scheduling of
committee meetings, under the various
applicable open government laws. . .

my sense is that the above comports
with those provisions. . . at least
i am hopeful that it does. . .

now, we also know that paul mcnulty
is scheduled, but not until next week.

watch this space for updates.