reports surface that monica goodling is being "investigated"

or, an attempt at thwarting rep. conyers'
18 USC §6005 immunity deal with goodling. . .

rep. conyers' immunity deal with ms.
goodling was struck in the manner
contemplated by 18 USC § 6005. . .

now, mr. gonzales may seek an order deferring,
for no more than twenty days, the testimony
of ms. monica goodling, as is his right,
under 18 USC § 6005(c). . . but to do so,
he must assert one of the enumerated bases
therefor. . . but all of those bases
would be political kryptonite, to him,
and more importantly, to the white house.

so i think he'll have to stand-down,
and let her take the immunity, and testify.

now, remember, her lawyer (at akin, gump) told
rep. conyers -- in a letter, last month -- that
ms. goodling was not cooperating with the
internal DoJ inquiries. . . so -- there can
be no colorable assertion by the AG/DoJ that
her truthful testimony will now
somehow compromise any investigation
into her supposedly criminal hatch act wrongdoing. . .

do you see how circular this all becomes?

positively rove-ian pretzel-logic, i tell ya'. . .

her shield is her sword:

predictably, 18 USC §§ 6005(a) and (b)
contemplate that a federal district
court, in this case, the DC district
court, will enter an order protecting
ms. goodling from the use of her truthful
statements in any proceeding against
her. so — she simply will confess to
these hatch act violations — under the
klieg lights of the house committee,
and any charge related to them, in
any forum, is barred. that is how
18 USC § 6005 use immunity works. . .

goodbye, mr. gonzales.

goodbye, mr. bloch.

hello — messrs. rove, gonzales. . .
and, yes -- cheney!

so, this is literally a four-
corner stall attmept -- and a weak
one, at that -- by messrs. gonzales/cheney/
rove/bush. . . so, i say, let's buckle up!

here endeth my little sermon. . .
ah, but what must these "keys to
the kingdom" look like, to fetch
such a putatively dear, dear price?