Crooks and Liars » Harriet Miers Snubs Congressional Subpoena For A Second Time

Crooks and Liars » Harriet Miers Snubs Congressional Subpoena For A Second Time:

"Former White House Counsel Harriet Miers has again rejected calls from
the House Judiciary Committee to comply with a subpoena for her testimony on the
firing of 9 US Attorneys in 2006 and 2007. The Committee had set a deadline of 5
PM for Miers to explain how she would comply with the subpoena."

I think that first of all this behavior is rude, and second of all it does nothing to work towards what Washington needs more than anything else right now and that it conversation. I know her defenders might claim that she was under executive privilege and could not answer the questions that were going to be asked. The problem with that is that she did not know, and we do not know what would be asked of her. There may have been questions that she could have answered.

There may have been a concern about the nature of the questions, and the fear that some of them may have been hostile. While it is understandable that some might be hostile against the White House, not appearing looks worse than having her appear and block the difficult questions. When you don't show up, the message you are sending is that Congress doesn't matter, or that you are too afraid to face hard questions.