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...Monica Goodling is the jugular that connects DOJ and the White House on this issue," says Bruce Fein, a well-known conservative lawyer and former senior official in the Reagan Justice Dept. "The obvious possibility that she might be given a grant of immunity will put the fear of God into other witnesses and encourage their truth telling...
...Goodling, 33, a graduate of Pat Robertson's Regent University Law School, resigned from the Justice Dept April 7. Several days before, her Washington lawyer, John Dowd, invoked her Fifth Amendment privilege and informed Congress that she would not answer questions about the dismissal of the U.S. attorneys. (The White House and Justice have denied allegations that the targeted prosecutors were fired because they were either pursuing either too many corruption cases against Republicans or too few against Democrats.) Among the grounds cited for Goodling's decision to invoke the Fifth Amendment was the fact that Deputy Attorney General, Paul...
...This week, Congressional committees are conducting private interviews with top Justice Dept. witnesses, including Gonzales' former chief of staff, Kyle Sampson, who may shed more light on the U.S. attorney firings, possibly including the role of the White House. Sometime later, the committees are expected to interview Rove, former White House counsel Harriet Miers and others, but the conditions under which they will provide evidence is still being negotiated. The White House has continued to insist they would not testify under oath or with a transcript of the proceedings...
...unity" government, refuse to recognize Israel or renounce armed resistance. Advisers to Abbas say he was tipped off by intelligence reports recently that Hamas may quit the unity government and resume attacks against Israel. These sources say Abbas was supposed to pass this information on to Rice, but State Dept. officials deny that the secretary was informed of the Palestinian government's possible break-up and of the Hamas threat to resume attacks...
...Foggo's house as well as his one-time CIA office. He was later indicted on fraud and money-laundering charges. "We have stated numerous times that no US attorney was removed to retaliate against or inappropriately interfere with any public corruption investigation or prosecution," according to a Justice Dept. statement. The suggestion is that she may not have been doing enough about prosecuting illegal immigration, though a specific and official reason for her dismissal has not been issued...