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From the March 26, 2007 edition of The Situation Room:

BLITZER: An embattled attorney general, the president standing by his man, and one Justice Department official pleading the Fifth -- so, we want to talk more about the controversy involving Alberto Gonzales and growing calls that he step down.

Let's go to our "Strategy Session."

Our CNN political analyst and Democratic strategist Donna Brazile is here. And Terry Jeffrey, he's the editor at large of "Human Events."

Monica Goodling is the senior counsel to the attorney general, Alberto Gonzales, also the liaison to the White House. She's been asked to testify before Congress. Her lawyer has just released the statement, among other things, saying this: Ms. Goodling will not answer questions before the committee or its staff under these circumstances. The potential for legal jeopardy for Ms. Goodling from even her most truthful and accurate testimony under these circumstances is very real. One need look no further than the recent circumstances and proceedings involving Lewis Libby," the former chief of staff to the vice president."

Terry, when -- when a top sitting official in the Justice Department is asked to testify before Congress, doing its oversight responsibilities, and pleads the Fifth, that can't be good for the Bush administration.

TERRY JEFFREY, EDITOR, "HUMAN EVENTS": Well, it's not good.
Apparently her lawyer is trying to suggest they are building a perjury trap for people in the Justice Department. But the truth is, Wolf, Congress, its Judiciary Committees, they have oversight over the Justice Department. It's inexcusable for people in the Justice Department to take the Fifth Amendment to avoid testifying in Congress. People there must go testify. There's no question about it.