1: to stall for time before the 2004 elections. knowing that at least 2 reporters would protect their sources, he figured that testifying in accordance with his notes would allow Fitz to proceed too quickly, and possibly cost the GOP 2004 victory. and with no re-election, no pardon.

2: to demonstrate to his future employers that he was a ’stand-up’ kind of guy, he’ll tell an obvious lie for his boss, and take a fall for the team. this makes him a valued employee at halliburton / k street / and major GOP contributor.

1: to stall for time before the 2004 elections. knowing that at least 2 reporters would protect their sources, he figured that testifying in accordance with his notes would allow Fitz to proceed too quickly, and possibly cost the GOP 2004 victory. and with no re-election, no pardon.

2: to demonstrate to his future employers that he was a ’stand-up’ kind of guy, he’ll tell an obvious lie for his boss, and take a fall for the team. this makes him a valued employee at halliburton / k street / and major GOP contributor.

Am I mistaken in thinking that Georgie was unsuccessful in trying to federalize the national guard in Louisiana?

I thought there was this big wrestling match over the whole issue, but that Fascist Georgie didn’t win that one.

Sorry.

That was my impression as well. I’ve kept my eyes peeled for follow-up, and haven’t seen anything. You’d probably need the FBI to comment, and they won’t comment, I’m sure.

When there’s the whole question of “which FBI?” whenever there’s an investigation: the career FBI and DOJ people who’ve been fucked over by the administration and held back from doing their duties for so long (there was just an article yesterday about how demoralized the Civil Rights Division of DoJ is because they’re not allowed to do their job), or the part of the FBI and DoJ who’s looking to cover corrupt GOP ass?

It’s hard to tell as an observer on the outside. There are internecine wars going on in almost every agency.

I didn’t, but that would probably be the outcome. Were martial law declared due to a terrorist attack, I suspect that troops would only be sent into the attacked cities and areas, plus DC (in the unlikely event that it was spared).

i asked jane in an email about this. i don’t know if she’s done any follow up. and i don’t know if fdl has any researchers to really dig for it.
i saw something about this on the net a week or two ago. as i remember, di santo is an aide or at least a colleague for/of congressman grassley. he’s a republican but he’s a pretty tough and seemingly independent guy. i used to live in iowa and met his brother who is an eccentric who lives in a very small house out in the country.
congressman grassley is an old school conservative. he seems to take a pretty dim view of the whole delay phenomena in the house.
that attack somehow smells like the modus operandi of jackie a’s associates. remember they offed a guy down in florida over a deal gone sour.

Do you mean they will only want to control one city?