James Comey who was DAG at DOJ before leaving in August of 2005 is scheduled to testify before the House Judiciary Committee on May 3rd.
Marcy (Emptywheel) Wheeler has a post up at Firedoglake that sets up the background on Comey and provides a summary timeline that delivers a glimpse of the risks his testimony presents to Bushies.
Why is James Comey important? It is about his values regarding the DOJ and his work as a Deputy Attorney General. It was only after reading his Farewell Address that I came to appreciate his respect for the Rule of Law and the people at DOJ who are sworn to uphold it.
Overlay Emptywheel's timeline with this understanding of Comey.
She summarizes with this analysis
...Second, they wouldn't or couldn't implement the plan while Comey was DAG. I'm not saying they held off because of Comey. But he had certainly proved himself to be troublesome enough by February 2005, when Sampson first developed his list of USAs to fire, that they couldn't rely on him to go along. And I'm just guessing the very short and squirrely-looking Sampson didn't have the guts to show the very very large Comey that list grading Comey's buddy, Patrick Fitzgerald, as "undistinguished."
You begin to see where one man's testimony can mark the depraved indifference of the Bushies and the sad state of Justice as it exists today.
I'm looking forward to the hearing.