Regarding the significance of the decision of an aide to Alberto Gonzales to take the fifth and refuse to testify to Congress, a Democratic lawyer correspondent writes, "It means that the Griles plea agreement has had its intended effect: letting Bush Administration officials know they can and will be prosecuted for lying to Congress. This means Gonzales' departure from Justice is getting closer ... Republican Senators aren't going to like the spectacle of a former Justice Department official invoking the Fifth - and Senator Leahy will make her appear and take the Fifth." Of the aide, Monica Goodling, who has served as the Justice Department's liaison to the White House, the lawyer notes, "She's a graduate of Regent University Law School in Virginia Beach - a law school that teaches law from a Christian perspective," accredited fairly recently, in 1996.

Posted by Laura at March 26, 2007 04:04 PM