Webcast link for Sara Taylor hearing here (10am EST) + her opening statement

[WilliamPitt]

See blue webcast button on right side of page:

http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearing.cfm?id=2835

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Ex-Bush adviser won’t answer Senate questions
Former political director to follow president's directive on attorney firings

Updated: 2 hours, 10 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - President Bush’s former political director says she intends to follow his directive and not answer questions about her role in the administration’s firing of federal prosecutors — unless a court directs her to defy her former boss.

“While I may be unable to answer certain questions today, I will answer those questions if the courts rule that this committee’s need for the information outweighs the president’s assertion of executive privilege,” Sara M. Taylor, who left her White House job two months ago, said in remarks prepared for presentation to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday.

“Thanks for understanding,” she added in the statement, made available in advance of the midmorning hearing.

Democrats insist that there are plenty about the firings that Taylor can discuss — and is compelled to reveal under a subpoena — that are not covered by Bush’s executive privilege claim.

Her lawyer was expected to advise her as the hearing progressed on which questions she could or could not answer under the president’s directive.

More: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19704513/

[annabanana]

1. Who is her lawyer, and who is paying her lawyer?

IMWTK

[WilliamPitt]

2. Dunno. Dunno.

[jimshoes]

3. Arrest her,

A few weeks in jail will help her decide to chat it up a bit.

[Buttercup McToots]

4. What time does it start...?

:popcorn:

[WilliamPitt]

6. 10am EST

[stellanoir]

5. Shall we start a betting pool on whether she'll say "I can't recall"

more often that "Gonzolaws" or Goodling did?

Since when has selective amnesia become a prerequisite for employment at the DOJ anyway?

Ughhh

[MiniMe]

7. It will be on CSPAN3 also

[WilliamPitt]

8. Are you sure?

It seemed vague on the scheduling page.

[MiniMe]

9. When did you check?

It is actually on the front page of cspan.org, and says watch live at 10am.

[frazzled]

10. "Thanks for understanding" ??

No thanks. What is this, high school?

[rodeodance]

11. but Sara Why do you assume I understand?????

[Forkboy]

12. Thanks Will.

I get the feeling we may be hearing a bunch of,"On the advice of my lawyer.." today.