In an entry in today's Think Progress, Senator Patrick Leahy (D., VT) made clear that he'll get testimony from Rove and others whether the Bush regime wants him to or not:
"Frankly, I don’t care whether [White House Counsel Fred Fielding] says he’s going to allow people or not. We’ll subpoena the people we want," Leahy said. "If they want to defy the subpoena, then you get into a stonewall situation I suspect they don’t want to have." Asked whether he’ll subpoena Rove, Leahy answered, "Yes. He can appear voluntarily if he wants. If he doesn’t, I will subpoena him."
In an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer (video available on at the link), Leahy also addressed by implication only the loathsome spin point that Scooter Libby's perjury and obstruction of justice amounted to nothing because there was no underlying crime:
LEAHY: There’s nothing illegal in a president firing — by itself, in firing a U.S. attorney. What it does say, however, to law enforcement, You either play by our political rules — by our political rules — not by law enforcement rules, but by our political rules, or you’re out of a job. What I am saying is that that hurts law enforcement. That hurts fighting against crime. And if it is done to be stop an ongoing investigation — this is something we don’t know — if it is done to stop an ongoing investigation, then you do get into the criminal area.
This is how they'll do it, as I predicted in a previous diary. Investigations and more investigations until the American people collectively throw up whenever they hear or see any Bush official. Then they'll impeach. And thanks to the breathtaking arrogance of these goons, it may take less time than originally thought possible.
And just as predicted, in the middle of it all is Pat Leahy, the senator they tried to kill.