Comments on: Comey’s Dissent at Justice

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[...] mystifying tale of former deputy Attorney General James B. Comey’s testimony to the Senate. Radio Open Source elaborates: In the spring of 2004, “solid Republican” Comey and his boss John Ashcroft decide, [...]

By: tbrucia

tbrucia — Sat, 19 May 2007 03:03:52 +0000

I wonder why I seem all worn out by all the constant drama. It reminds me of being sick with a bad case of flu. I just keep thinking, ‘One more day; one more day. If I don’t feel any worse, every day is just one more day to getting well.’ And then I think, ‘What if — instead of flu — I were to discover I had terminal cancer? What would I say to myself?’ Much of the depressing stuff coming out of Washington makes me wonder, ‘Does America just have a case of the flu, or is the nation in the early stages of terminal cancer?’ Hanging in time, not having confidence that the end of the current Administration will lead to ‘better times’ is painful. It’s frightening to think that the bad times we are suffering may just be a prelude to worse times. It’s no wonder that people turn off from politics. It’s simply so depressing that they turn to raising flowers, or playing with their grandkids, or going out to dinner with friends — trying to pretend they live in a caring, fair, just nation ruled by ‘good folks’ despite all the evidence to the contrary.

By: scando

scando — Fri, 18 May 2007 21:52:25 +0000

thanks very much for this program. i was particularly impressed by the forcefulness and clarity of mr. fein’s comments. i would urge you to please keep pushing this subject, if for no other reason than that comey’s testimony seems to me to be nothing short of clear evidence of the whitehouse (bush&cheney) actively pursuing flagrantly illegal activity and as such is evidence of what are equally clearly impeachable offenses………i find it hard to believe that even bush/cheney/rove/gonzales would be able to withstand the tidal wave of journalistic response that this story merits.

By: hurley

hurley — Fri, 18 May 2007 18:30:33 +0000

has finally, etc
Time to prosecute the troll.

By: hurley

hurley — Fri, 18 May 2007 14:43:12 +0000

Laus Deo, the dread word finally been uttered on ROS airtime.

By: Katherine

Katherine — Fri, 18 May 2007 12:58:27 +0000

Sorry about the late podcast — my fault! David generally creates it but asked me to do it last night…and I simply forgot.

By: Potter

Potter — Fri, 18 May 2007 12:45:49 +0000

Yeah why the delay? This one’s a keeper. I think they were out celebrating last night

By: hurley

hurley — Fri, 18 May 2007 10:39:13 +0000

Haven’t heard the show yet — why, out of curiousity, the delay with he podcasts? — but thought Katherine’s write-up terrific.

By: hurley

hurley — Fri, 18 May 2007 10:37:07 +0000

At the risk of boring even myself, the Comey affair and impeachment:
http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/7529

By: harriet

harriet — Fri, 18 May 2007 04:40:10 +0000

Is justicre stalled because any case will end before a Supreme Court even more loyal to W than the 2000 Court whuch selected him. How long, then, will our Country and Constitution be hobbled by those partisans?

By: chasbow

chasbow — Fri, 18 May 2007 00:30:11 +0000

The guests kept alluding to the courage shown by the DOJ officials who threatened to resign in the face of the ongoing constitutional violations. My problem with that tack is why weren’t these courageous individuals willing to come forward and be whistle-blowers? That is what we need.

My pet theory as to why so many incongruous behaviors are displayed by people in this administration, as well as Kerry conceding Ohio to easily, and Tony Blair riding the Bush Bus into oblivion is that these criminals (Cheney, Rove, Bush and Rumsfeld) either black-mail the opposition with what they know or what they will do to any who oppose them. Likely we will never know because the Dems are to scared and the Republicans fear the backlash within their own party.

Whatever happened to Jeff Gannon?

Why haven’t Rove and Cheney been tried for Treason for outing Valerie Plame? It was treason because they compromised any other field agents, operatives, or operations which Valerie Plame had ever been a part of or had contact with.

Would someone please come forward and start blowing the whistle.

By: orlox

orlox — Fri, 18 May 2007 00:24:56 +0000

ditto

By: Potter

Potter — Fri, 18 May 2007 00:05:14 +0000

That was close to the show on impeachment that we have been asking for. Chris ended with “let’s stay on the case”. Okay.

The guests were great…. all of them. Again thank you for Laurence Tribe, a personal favorite ( should be on the Supreme Court – or did I say that already?).

We have Glenn Greenwald’s book ” How would a Patriot Act?”

Bruce Fein- terrific.

(I think I lked this show.)

By: enhabit

enhabit — Fri, 18 May 2007 00:00:59 +0000

hang on to the republic this time please! my american ancestors did not sign on to following emperors!

By: plaintext

plaintext — Thu, 17 May 2007 23:56:28 +0000

How do we get Larry Tribe nominated for Special Prosecutor?

By: vigneron

vigneron — Thu, 17 May 2007 23:52:55 +0000

I listened to Mr. McKay and Mr. Iglesias on KUOW ‘Weekday’ several weeks ago. They mentioned that circumstantial evidence is sometimes enough to convict when no other explainations fit the model. Ochham’s Razor.

It would seem that W may have a great many pardons at the end of his term.

By: skoper

skoper — Thu, 17 May 2007 23:45:40 +0000

Why are you wasting the airtime? Lawrence Tribe said “thank goodness there’s only 615 days left.” Why are there ANY days left? Why is Bush and his gang of criminals still there? Does no one have any guts in the Republican party? Republicans and Democrats stood tall when it was time to send Nixon away. Somehow a second rate burglary has more threat than trashing the constitution he swore to “preserve, protect, and defend.
Pelosi for President in 07!

By: plaintext

plaintext — Thu, 17 May 2007 23:44:45 +0000

Wasn’t the congress itself complicit in the plot to commit these high crimes and misdemeanors? They had the power to evaluate the program themselves and almost certainly knew about the proceedings. Are there a few senators and reps who might be sweating this out too?

By: enhabit

enhabit — Thu, 17 May 2007 23:43:44 +0000

who gains from this long term?

By: enhabit

enhabit — Thu, 17 May 2007 23:39:39 +0000

who is ACTUALLY behind this?

By: enhabit

enhabit — Thu, 17 May 2007 23:37:15 +0000

the revolution will not be televised!

By: Potter

Potter — Thu, 17 May 2007 23:26:23 +0000

Gonzales is a gangster- and it IS a sad day………

I will forever mourns that Laurence Tribe is not on the Supreme Court.

And what a lineup tonight!–thank you! Keep us sane please ( at least).

By: RobertPeel

RobertPeel — Thu, 17 May 2007 22:39:59 +0000

Is this “Profiles in Courage?”

By: plaintext

plaintext — Thu, 17 May 2007 22:11:29 +0000

Yeah, and where the hell was Al Haig?

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 17 May 2007 21:42:26 +0000

Sooo… We’re informed by sources as diverse as Mennonites and Palestinians that W says that God speaks to him.
Why didn’t God tell Comey to sign the damned thing?

By: Potter

Potter — Thu, 17 May 2007 21:18:31 +0000

Good for Newsweek and thanks Sutter. From the article:

The angry reaction bubbled up all the way to the Oval Office. President Bush, with his penchant for put-down nicknames, had begun referring to Comey as “Cuomey” or “Cuomo,” apparently after former New York governor Mario Cuomo, who was notorious for his Hamlet-like indecision over whether to seek the Democratic presidential nomination in the 1980s. A high-level delegationâ€”White House Counsel Gonzales and chief of staff Andy Cardâ€”visited Ashcroft in the hospital to appeal Comey’s refusal. In pain and on medication, Ashcroft stood by his No. 2.

By: Sutter

Sutter — Thu, 17 May 2007 18:56:55 +0000

I don’t get this. Newsweek had this story — both the “Comey dissent” angle and the “Ashcroft on his hospital bed” angle — over 15 months ago. See http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11079547/site/newsweek/. What’s new, other than the testimony?

By: Potter

Potter — Thu, 17 May 2007 18:30:30 +0000

So the question is who send Card and Gonzales to the semi-conscious Ashcroft?

Why has this taken so long to come out? Oh yes- we have some accountability now in the Congress and it’s under oath.

( Ashcroft went up one notch imo for knowing where the line is… Mueller too.)

By: hurley

hurley — Thu, 17 May 2007 18:08:48 +0000

W.M. Palmer says:
“One minor line to consider: it appears that Card, in summoning Comey to the WH, lied about the reason the WH officials went to visit Ashcroft – was that itself a federal crime (false statement to a government official in his official capacity regarding a federal matter) . . .. Seems arguably so to me (a former member of the Public Integrity Section of DOJ).”
Hardly a minor line, no? Why not invite W.H. Palmer on to explore the issue, determine as best as possible whether this particular crime was committed?

By: W.M. Palmer

W.M. Palmer — Thu, 17 May 2007 17:41:01 +0000

Philip Heymann, of HLS, DAG under Reno, would make an excellent guest on this topic. Also, you could seek to get Eric Holder, former DAG at the end of Clinton’s era – now a partner at Covington, in DC – to offer his take on the matter (though his current orientation – serving the private sector – and likely interest in returning to DOJ might make him less open to providing public commentary).

One minor line to consider: it appears that Card, in summoning Comey to the WH, lied about the reason the WH officials went to visit Ashcroft – was that itself a federal crime (false statement to a government official in his official capacity regarding a federal matter) . . .. Seems arguably so to me (a former member of the Public Integrity Section of DOJ).