CSPAN3 - US Attorney Firings coming up in 5, 4, 3, 2...

[Norquist Nemesis]

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

Just a head's up! :popcorn:

[Greeby]

1. Second the popcorn

And ready your "I don't recall" tall charts :popcorn:

[cspanlovr]

2. Thanks. I've been looking forward to this.

[cspanlovr]

7. It's a fishing expedition! So says repuke Chris Cannon. Well, let's reel in a big one!

[youthere]

9. Fishing? More like shooting fish in a barrel.

[progressoid]

3. Dang, I can't decide if I should watch this or Regis and Kelly...

:sarcasm:

Thanks for the heads up.

[seemslikeadream]

4. Thanks Norquist Nemesis

:popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:

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5. Chair, Linda Sanchez D-CA; Witness James Comey

And the list of committee members here: http://judiciary.house.gov/CommitteeMembership.aspx

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6. Comey is "participating in this hearing under compulsion"

Whoa!

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8. Ranking member Cannon: 'It's a fishing expedition'

Oh good. We can all just go home now because the Cons tell us there's nothing to see. *sigh*

[xultar]

10. Help anyone have another link?

[cspanlovr]

13. I don't have the linnk, but C-Span.org. has it. Click on cspan3.

[xultar]

14. I can't get on too over loaded.

[Norquist Nemesis]

15. Try this at the Committee site

Weblink here:

http://judiciary.house.gov/schedule.aspx

[xultar]

18. Thanks. Tried there too not available...to overloaded. I'm cryin.

[Norquist Nemesis]

21. Don't give up hope!

Keep tryin'... maybe try the CSPAN radio link? :shrug:

[xultar]

37. Thanks guys. I'll just read the thread. Nothing is available I can't get on.

:cry:

[youthere]

Try this link:

http://judiciary.house.gov/schedule.aspx

[youthere]

31. delete-dupe

[blogslut]

11. Watt will not stand for that

Stating that this hearing isn't about politics.

[blogslut]

20. Cannon is giving a verdict already.

He's made up his mind. Nothing to see here. No crime. Move along.

[Norquist Nemesis]

23. Better than that, he's giving the cue for the rest of the Cons to follow

'Just line up and follow my lead boys. I got this one!'

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12. Cannon: The media's distorting the leaks. Watt: Takes exception!!

"I personally am hoping that there is nothing we find at the end of this investigation because...you're statement that we're hoping for some kind of sinister result I don't want to let pass into the night."

(edit for Watt - it's tough to 'transcribe' from just listening. *blush*)

[Norquist Nemesis]

16. Oh boy! Fireworks and Comey hasn't even spoken a word!

[cspanlovr]

17. Conyers Up!

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19. Yay!!! Hope Sanchez keeps a tight handle on this one

Cannon's going to try and create some chaos and distract.

[Hepburn]

22. The azzhole from Utah needs to STFU!

He thinks the deal is to assure the public that NOTHING wrong went on? WTF is he smoking???? LOL, I want some of that!

[spotbird]

24. DAMN

I'm on my way out the door.

Conyers is starting with that "aw shucks..." thing he does. It's so cute.

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25. Conyers: Comey is a straight shooter

(as proven by telling Gonzo "NO" and they then had to go see Ashcroft)

[spotbird]

27. Sadly, the only honest man

in the lot was kept out of the loop, for that very reason.

[Greeby]

26. General Counsel of Lockheed Martin?

:eyes:

[dancingme]

57. he appointed Fitz as Special Counsel

Comey is a close friend of Fitz. They worked together as assistant US Attorneys in New York. Fitz is the godfather of one of Comey's kids.

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28. Comey statement coming up...Questions are 5 mins; two rounds

May be interruptions because of Hate Crimes Bill on the floor.

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30. oops! No statement, just straight to questions!

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29. Comey describing his job

Deputy Attorney General. Worked with all the fired USAs.

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32. Sampson asked Comey

to name weak attorneys

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34. Only Kevin Ryan

was named as weak in the discussion between Sampson and Comey. None of the other fired USAs.

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33. Q: Sampson testified about compiling list at request of WH

and he had consulted with you (Comey).

A: Quite certain he didn't mention the WH.

Q: Was Kevin Ryan one of USAs?

A: Yes.

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35. Comey

Stating that he was not aware that there was a concerted effort to fire attorneys en masse

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36. Comey: "I was not aware that there was any kind of process going on"

hmmmm....

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38. Cannon using the lawyers' trick to interrupt the flow

:eyes: STFU!

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39. Cannon wants Sanches to just keep questioning

hmmm and he wants to jump in when he wants to jump in....

Break the flow, Cannon. I guess that's your job today.

LOL. Tom (I'm not a crook) Feeney up after Sanchez!

[youthere]

40. R-Tom Feeney up

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41. Ahhhh, so Comey says he wasn't aware of this plan to fire USAs

Well, that must mean it didn't happen, right Tom?

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43. Apparently so!

Noticeably, he didn't ask "when" he became aware of a process or plan.

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42. Feeney R-FL

The WH defense attorney steps into the well. Gets just the facts, moves on.

[youthere]

44. Conyers Up:(to Comey) Do reasons offered for dismissals ring true with you?

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49. MONICA!

Asking about hiring of line level USAs or other career applicants.

Comey: I'd heard rumors to that effect (after he left the gov't) and saw the article in the news.

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45. Conyers to Comey

Tell us about this lawyer and that lawyer.

So far, all named are good attorney's according to Comey.

[youthere]

46. Comey: Reasons do not ring true, all my contacts with fired attorneys have been positive.

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47. Conyers asks Comey

about Monica Goodling:

Was she hiring by favoritism and ideologies?

Comey says he had heard rumors to that effect.

[youthere]

48. Conyers to Comey: Have you heard about efforts on part of Goodling to take politics into account?

[youthere]

50. Comey: I have heard rumors to that effect.

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51. Conyers: Did you think Carole Lam should be removed?

Comey: No

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53. Cannon sez

Lam was a "competent human being".

WTF? What an ass.

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55. "She was competent. Now let's look at her miserable numbers."

:eyes:

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52. Conyers: Did you consider Lam to be a weak USA?

Comey: No, I didn't

[annabanana]

54. What a contrast...

Yes. No. No.

He is not a weasel and the others have been.

[blogslut]

56. Cannon is trying to demonize Carole Lam

she was considered "insubordinate". Comey lets out a big hmmmm.

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58. And got nowhere

Poor baby...

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59. Johnson

Asking Comey is his talk with Lam about low Federal gun prosecutions meant that he was displeased with her/

Comey basically says no. Wow, Comey seems like a pretty good manager. Real fair.

[annabanana]

60. She was a FINE U.S. Attorney..(Lam). . . .n/t

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61. Comey: I didn't want to mandate that they do gun cases

but to look at how (and if) they could do better in that area.

(translation: she wasn't insubordinate)

[Catherine Vincent]

62. James Comey!

That's Patrick Fitzgerald's good friend. How's he doing?

[blogslut]

67. Doing fine

Stand Up guy, AFAIK.

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69. Cannon's run out of questions

All the Repubs got nothing to say.

Yay Comey. :)

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70. OR he's letting the Dems use their time so he can wrap it all up

and mischaracterize it as a fishing expedition.

[blogslut]

63. Comey

Lam was a fine lawyer. No insubordination. No displeasure.

[blogslut]

64. What about Bud Cummins?

No problems for Comey. Not on his personal list of weak USAs.

[annabanana]

65. Comey is acquitting himself well.

It seems that he was NOT part of the politicized cabal within the Department. (Too honest to be "trusted" apparently)

[youthere]

66. NO displeasure with Lam or Cummings.

[annabanana]

68. He isn't doing Gonzo any favors today, is he?. . .n/t

[youthere]

71. LOL! Not at all. I'll bet he's off the Whitehouse Christmas Card list.

[annabanana]

72. Odd.. He looks a little like a young Ashcroft.. (smaller "bags"). . . n/t

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73. Comey

John McKay was one of my favorites.

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74. Huh? What's this about an Asst USA of McKay's getting killed?

Anyone???

[youthere]

75. Why are the repukes asking so few questions?

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78. Because they're trying (desperately) to paint it as a fishing expedition

not worthy of attention. Typical. No oversight is what got them in trouble in the first place.

[youthere]

76. Comey: Favorable view of McKay..strong performer.

[annabanana]

92. self delete

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77. The point being made

is that James Comey, the second most powerful man in the Department of Justice was deliberately kept out of the loop when it came to the hiring and firing of the USAs.

[annabanana]

79. So there is still NO ONE taking credit for these firings....( EEK . ghosts in the department)

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80. Cohen asks

If this type of firing, during the middle of the term was common.

Comey sez No.

[youthere]

81. Comey: Ryan identified as weak performer.

Implication: Ryan was loyal to Bushco so he was recommended to be retained despite crappy performance.

[youthere]

82. Comey: No contact with Rove but there was contact with Meiers.

[youthere]

84. COmey: Contact with Meiers was never about politics.

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83. Comey not too sure

about the Rove interpretation of "loyalty".

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85. I wish James Comey was AG

Maybe President Pelosi will appoint him. ;)

[annabanana]

86. Comey hopes the Department hasn't been weakened by this mess

He has great faith in the people in the field....

[annabanana]

87. Second round of questioning. .

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88. Cannon sucking up to Comey

What a punk.

[youthere]

89. I gotta'say, I'm impressed with COmey.

[Norquist Nemesis]

It's pretty obvious why they kept him out of the loop n/t

[youthere]

91. I didn't think it was possible to have a person with integrity in this administration.

[annabanana]

93. -he's gone now-. . . . n/t

[Norquist Nemesis]

94. It's not...he resigned.

*wink*

[youthere]

96. I should have put "connected to "this administration..maybe that's why he resigned.

[annabanana]

90. He has nothing but praise for the fired Attys....

It's pretty clear it wasn't his list...

[Robbien]

95. Feeny is questioning Comey? Feeny? Abramoff's good buddy Feeny?

How wrong is that.

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97. View of Bogden: VERY good USA

Was loved in the community too.

Very high praise for him from Comey.

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98. They're still trying to get some dirt from Comey

on Sampson.

As I said, Sampson deliberately kept Comey out of the loop.

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99. Thread 2 up

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x811674

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100. Comey used to tease Iglesias

was not as cute as Tom Cruise.

Comey laughs at the prospect of downgrading a USA for being in the Navy Reserves.