Uh-oh. DC Madam “considering” selling 13 years of her service’s itemized phone records to the highest bidder to raise money for her legal defense fund.
Late Update: Now the Madam’s lawyer tells us this: “The records identify the telephone number of the customer. Since 2000, the customers and the independent contractor escorts of the service almost exclusively used their personal cellphones, their identifying information is readily and publicly available. Jeane will cooperate with whoever acquires the information to supplement it with other information at her disposal.”
A deeply unfortunate situation. Deeply.
Romney: You know I’m the real conservative in the race ’cause the media’s out to get me.
House committee votes to issue subpoenas to fired prosecutors.
Attention, Congressional Dems: A new poll finds that more respondents favor Congressional defunding of the war than oppose it.
Two candidates: Barack Obama and John McCain. Same mistake: Saying lost American lives in Iraq are “wasted.”
Media coverage of both: Very, very different.
I’m sorry. But I don’t think that cuts it as a denial. That roving band of reporters finally caught up with Sen. Domenici (R-NM) regarding the Iglesias firing matter. So was he one of the guys who called?
According to the AP he said, “I don’t have any comment. I have no idea what he’s [i.e., Iglesias] talking about.”
The AP called that a denial. But I’m sorry. That’s not a denial. Each of the other members of the New Mexico congressional delegation had little trouble making a clear denial. ‘I don’t know what he’s talking about’ is almost the definition of a non-denial-denial.
And Heather Wilson (R-NM), the other probable caller? Heck, she wouldn’t even get that close to the flame. “You should contact the Department of Justice on that personnel matter,” Wilson told the AP.
The House has now issued a subpoena for Iglesias to come and testify about what he knows. The senate seems certain to do the same. There are only five members of the New Mexico delegation. Iglesias says two pressured him with calls. Three of them have categorically denied it. The leaves Wilson and Domenici.
Someone’s lying. There are only six players involved. It shouldn’t be hard to find out who.
U.S. Attorney David Iglesias tells his story to NPR.