Let Sweet Monica Plead The Fifth--Then Give Her Immunity

Reading the letter from Monica Goodling's lawyer, as has been noted by Orin Kerr, it is pretty clear that the first three grounds cited are utterly bogus. The fourth, a claim that one senior Department of Justice employee says Ms. Goodling and others failed to brief him properly thereby allowing him to be less than entirely candid when answering the committee's questions suggests a crime that might have been committed, but if she did nothing wrong telling the truth will not incriminate her. As Kerr notes "the Fifth Amendment issue is whether a person has substantial reason to fear that their truthful testimony will help lead to them being prosecuted." If she believes her truthful testimony will assist the government in its efforts to bring a case against her for intentionally misleading Congress, then she should plead the 5th Amendment.

Goodling was the liaison between Karl Rove and Alberto Gonzales. She was on the DoJ's payroll.

Let her plead the 5th, it will be great theater, then grant her immunity and force her testimony. I have a hunch she knows a lot more than most of Washington suspects.