Judicial Hearing on Fired Prosecutors starts at 10am

[MiniMe]

Link: http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearing.cfm?id=2588

Click for the live webcast

[originalpckelly]

1. Thanks MiniMe!

:woohoo: :hi:

[nitpicker]

7. It's also on CSPAN radio.

Opening statements ongoing about inappropriate political pressure.

[MiniMe]

2. The hearing just came to order

[Norquist Nemesis]

3. Watching! Also running on CSPAN 3

just in case anyone is having probs with the link above. :)

http://www.c-span.org/watch/cs_cspan3_wm.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS3

[Hepburn]

6. Thanks!

I just do not have luck with Real Player ~~ times out all the time for me no matter how it is set ~~ and wanted the link to use Window's Media player.

:hi:

[malaise]

4. Watching

Thanks.

[Hepburn]

5. Question:

Link to this shows on the CSpan main page...but nothing is coming up. Your link is working, tho.

Anyone getting the hearing from the CSpan main page link?

[MiniMe]

8. Specter up giving his opening comments

:puke: We can't rush to judgement. We have to wait......blah blah blah

[Norquist Nemesis]

9. Feinstein: I received and angry call from Gonzo when I started

making phone calls about the rumors I was hearing.

[Hepburn]

10. Can we get an official thead on this hearing on the Greatest Page?

This seems like a very important hearing...and it should get some attention.

Thanks!

[Norquist Nemesis]

11. DOJ keeps changing its tune; DOJ's answers don't hold up

[Hepburn]

12. Kyl....

...wants the fed courts out of the appointment process. Why? Just because he thinks it is NOT a good idea.

Huh? Who best knows how competent a lawyer is than the judges before whom the atty has appeared?

Makes no sense to me... but then, it's from Kyl. :puke:

[Hepburn]

13. The witnesses are up. next.

BTW: Can we get a 5th vote on this thread?

[LizW]

14. Iglesias

Was the inspiration for the Tom Cruise character in "A Few Good Men". :wow:

[Hepburn]

17. I read that yesterday in an article...

...and I was surprised, too.

[in_cog_ni_to]

15. WOOHOO! The witnesses are being sworn in. I can't wait until GONZO is sworn in again to answer

to this testimony today. This is going to be so good!

[Norquist Nemesis]

16. Wish they were carrying this on CSPAN 1 or 2--even CourtTV

would be okay with me so I wouldn't be chained to the computer all day. LOL! (I'm not going to be getting much done today)
:popcorn:

[in_cog_ni_to]

46. Same here. I don't get C-SPAN 3 either.

:(

[Norquist Nemesis]

18. Leahy: Not since the Saturday Night massacre have we witnessed

anything of this nature.

[Hepburn]

19. Leahy up...

...and making comments. Referring to Nixon's Saturday Night massacre...and to the fact that he is a former prosecutor.

Let 'em have it, Leahy!

[Eurobabe]

20. your thread must have sunk I didn't see it

we have another thread here, maybe mods can combine?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x348994

[Norquist Nemesis]

21. Q&A up now...Schume to Iglesias: Some of the questions will be

difficult to answer; some of them will be difficult to ask

[Norquist Nemesis]

24. Iglesias: first call came from Heather Wilson on Oct 16

second call two weeks later at home from Dominici; don't recall exact date, approx 26th or 27th

Initially Dominici's chief of staff called to notify him that Domenici wanted to speak with him

Now details of call from Domenici

[Hepburn]

22. Iglesias is up as a witness.

And the first questions off the bat are about the two calls on pending investigations.

Good...getting to the gist of the matter right off.

[MiniMe]

23. Iglesias just named Dominici

SING!!

[Hepburn]

25. Named Wilson and Domenici....WHAM

Great...getting them on the hot seat immediately.

[malaise]

26. I'm lovin it

Truth will out.

[Norquist Nemesis]

27. Unprecedented for him to have received a call at home. Now the Wilson call

[Norquist Nemesis]

30. Wilson wanted information about "sealed indictments"; red flag

went up immediately. He was evasive and non-responsive, she was not happy with his answers. Felt pressure during the call.

[LizW]

31. Wilson asked about sealed indictments

Iglesias refused to tell her anything.

[brooklynite]

28. Just lost the stream on CNN Pipeline...

is it available at C-Span?

[Norquist Nemesis]

33. Yes on CSPAN3

http://www.c-span.org/watch/cs_cspan3_wm.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS3

[Mind_your_head]

34. Yes - C-span 3 n/t

[Hepburn]

35. Yes.........

.....

http://www.cspan.org/watch/cs_cspan3_wm.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS3

that is the Media Player link ~~ Real Player times out on me no matter what I do. This link is working great for me. Hope it works for you.

[Hepburn]

29. Ooooooooh....Wilson....sealed indictments...

...seems like a bozo no-no to ask about this and Igelsias refused to give info and Wilson was unhappy.

[Beelzebud]

32. Iglesias just fucking nailed those two! Wow!

[Hepburn]

37. He did a GREAT job!

Now the issue is intimidation ... good issue and this is getting even better, IMO.

[The Doctor.]

43. This is good to hear.

It's simply mind numbing, the amount of bulshit they've been getting away with.

Thanks all for commenting on this as I don't have time to commit to anything but all your highlights.

[BuyingThyme]

36. Man, this is a special kind of corruption. Pukes have been so

emboldened by the Bush Crime Family that they don't even use middlemen any more. They actually assault the judiciary directly.

I wonder if anything like this has ever happened before.

[Norquist Nemesis]

38. Detailing Ellston's "message" not to cooperate

rather detailing their thoughts when they 'got the message' through Cummins. Saying they weren't intimidate, they're angry about being threatened.

[MiniMe]

39. Schumer - Do you feel like you were fired for job performance

All answered no

[MiniMe]

40. Feinstein up

[Norquist Nemesis]

41. Schumer: Based on everything you know, do you believe you were fired

for the reasons given by the DOJ? Nope! (all four of them)

Now Specter...asking to see email from Cummins before his Q&A, Schumer wants it copied and distributed. Feinstein Q&A while copies being made.

[Norquist Nemesis]

42. WOW! This is stunning!! McKay was called by Doc Hastings

chief of staff about the Washington Governors election. :wow:

[Norquist Nemesis]

44. Says he stopped Hastings COS before he entered "inappropriate territory"

Told all of the details to (didn't catch who) in his office immediately following the call.

[Hepburn]

45. This testimony is stunning....

...absolutely stunning.

I am glad that the dismissed US Attys are telling these facts about the kind of politics that BushCo played.

[Norquist Nemesis]

47. Lam testifying about getting things done w/Dusty Foggo

and the lot in getting sentencing, etc. Speaking about her record/performance also especially w/regard to illegal immigration and alien smuggling.

[Norquist Nemesis]

48. Feinstein: How soon did interviews begin for your replacement

after you received phone call forcing to resign?

Not sure what she's getting at...

[cascadiance]

51. I think that she's speaking of the woman who's a member of the Federalist Society that took over...

... for her after she left. She must have been interviewed about two weeks before she left.

Carol Lam just said she was alarmed about the "potential chilling effect on other U.S. Attorneys" in speaking of her feelings about the firings.

[Norquist Nemesis]

49. Cummins' email being read into record

[Morgana LaFey]

52. Who/What is Cummins?

I don't have it on....

[Norquist Nemesis]

50. guess I'll switch over to "official thread"

*sigh*
Wish we could get the two combined.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=349143&mesg_id=349143