Melissa Block interviewed David Iglesias extensively on today's All Things Considered. You can hear the interview at the Listen link here. He's already been interviewed by Senate Judiciary Committee staff, and is scheduled to testify...
... at 2 PM next Tuesday.
He did not sound happy.
Iglesias all but confirmed that it was Heather Wilson and Pete Domenici who called him in October. He kicks himself now for not following procedure and complaining up the Justice Department chain of command, but it's clear from the interview why he didn't -- Iglesias was a good soldier for the Fuehrer, and he didn't want to make trouble for fellow Republicans.
Iglesias told Block plainly that if he had been asked to resign so he could share his position with another good Republican soldier for resume purposes, and asked how long it would take him to find another job, he would have been happy to resign. Only the fact that Deputy AG McNulty lied under oath to the Judiciary Committee that the firings were all because of "performance issues" pushed Iglesias to come forward.
When asked whether he thought that the White House conspired with Heather Wilson to have him fired, Iglesias said that he couldn't say, without reading the memos and e-mails and phone logs of the parties involved, hinting at a course of investigation he may already have proposed to the Judiciary Committee staff. I'd love to see the comittee hire him.
Whatever any of the other Pearl Harbor Day Seven say, it's clear that in David Iglesias' case, Deputy AG Paul McNulty lied to the Judiciary committee.
Will McNulty pay a price for his felonious act?