There is a lot of discussion today about a DOJ official invoking the fifth amendment rather than testifying to the congressional committee investigating the firing of eight US Attorney's. I predicted this would happen in the wake of the Libby trial for perjury. It is hard to fault the DOJ official because it is clear that the Democrat's are running a perjury trap. No law was broken since the President can fire US Attorney's without cause, so the only reason for the investigation is to "get" Administration officials, and the only way to do that is by perjury. Given the example of the Libby trial, which was a "he said, he said" case, it is possible for someone to be convicted even though they may be telling the truth. In the Libby case it appeared to me that it was as likely that Tim Russert was lying or mistaken as that Libby was. Of course the Judge prevented the jury from finding out that two reporters who worked for Russert were aware of the Plame situation before Libby and Russert spoke. I don't have high regard for Libby; he was a gangster's lawyer (which is why Fitz had it in for Libby since Libby beat him in a previous case). And I think Russert is a partisan Democrat who apparently has a faulty memory and is proud of himself for damaging the Bush Administration. At any rate , anyone should either not talk to Federal Investigators, or use the Bill and Hillary strategy of not remembering anything clearly when testifying. They not only didn't know anything, they didn't even suspect anything.