Sampson's Up

Specter is questioning him right now. He's now claiming that Iglesias was added "to the list" in mid-October even though nothing pops up in the documents until November 7.

This guy is a true believer, and he's sinking the whole boat here.

Specter is now asking about the provision in the Patriot Act that his deputy slipped in! No mention of that, however, just the DoJ's use of it. "That was a bad idea by the staff that was not adopted by the principals. I made that recommendation at one point, but it was rejected by the Attorney General." There's no record of this, of course, and indeed the provision was adopted. I guess the staff runs the show.

Schumer's up now. This is too fun.

UPDATE: Did you know that they're running attack ads against David Iglesias in New Mexico? And that they're funded by top funders of Heather Wilson, it appears? Wow, these guys will slander anyone to keep power.

UPDATE II: Sampson just got caught big-time. He just essentially admitted that Gonzales lied to Congress, to add to the admissions that he lied to the press and to the public.

UPDATE III: Feinstein is going to be ruthless here. She's going after Sampson on the Dusty Foggo/Brent Wilkes/Carol Lam issue. Sampson's still claiming that "the real problem we have right now" with Carol Lam is her failure to prosecute immigration cases. And yet Feinstein read the Moschella letter right to him moments before. He's saying that the California House Republicans were critical of Carol Lam. No kidding, they included Duke Cunningham and Jerry Lewis!!!

Now Sampson's admitting that he tried to keep an FBI agent quiet about Carol Lam's resignation and her impact in ongoing investgations. Wow, he's just a true believer.