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If you make a mistake, as Libby did, while under oath, even on issues not related to a crime or to the primary issue being investigated you risk being charged with perjury. It would be foolish to testify under oath with an specificity until you know your testimony won't incriminate you later. If Libby said he did not recall or plead the 5th, he would not face jail time. I am sure many will say he simply should have told the truth. But those who know what it is like to give or take depositions, know how easy it is to set or be set up for "prior inconsistent statement" traps.

In this case, we already know there are inconsistencies between performance reviews and public statments on performance. I worked in a Human Resources department for a few years, and that type of inconsistency was a major problem when supervisors wanted to terminate, demote, deny increases or promotions. Everyone knows this should not happen, but it happens all the time.

We also know there are mountains of emails and other documents. We know there were meetings and discussions. Unless you have perfect recall, you will be at risk for perjury given what happened in the Libby case.

I am sure different people define "political reason" in different ways, but to me it is clear the terminations were for "political reasons".

Also, it seems to me that Gonzales as the right to set the agenda and pressure AG's to do what he wants.

If Gonzales lied to Congress. In my opinion that is a crime. Congress should be more focused on that issue in my opinion.

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