As Alberto Gonzales gets into trouble, his aide invokes the Fifth Amendment:
WASHINGTON – Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’ liaison with the White House will refuse to answer questions at upcoming Senate hearings about the firings of eight U.S. attorneys, citing her Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination, her lawyer said Monday.
“I have decided to follow my lawyer’s advice and respectfully invoke my constitutional right,” Monica Goodling, Gonzales’ counsel and White House liaison, said in a statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee. [Gonzales aide to invoke Fifth Amendment. AP via Yahoo! March 27 2007]
I been following this issue quietly since the NYT first brought the issue of mass firing of attoneys not to long ago. Today, in response to the Fifth Amendment protection, the NYT rightly describes what many would describe the current situation:
The news that Monica Goodling, counsel to the attorney general and liaison to the White House, is invoking her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination takes the United States attorney scandal to a new level. [Time for Answers. NYT. March 27 2007]
There are a few formulae used to describe free falling in physics. Perhaps, those who wish to further understand the gravity of what is going would benefit by reading classical mechanics.
