[eureka!]

Re#89 That was my initial thought too--but why a week before the Rat convention and with Bergler as a Ketchup advisor? Why not back closer to October when the warrants were executed--it would be "old news" by now. The 9-11 commission was also advised of the investigation and missing documents and I think too that it is likely that a staffer (on our side and disgusted with the report and politics) let it slip so as to damage the conclusions in the final report as to the grifting 'Toon. I doubt we'll ever know....

[kabar]

Maybe he thought he could beat the rap or perhaps he didn't know what kind of evidence the Justice Department had. Normally, the subject of the investigation is one of the last people interviewed in-depth. Perhaps, Bergler got wind of the evidence and is now trying to short-circuit the investigation forcing the government's hand on what evidence they have. His admission is pretty damning in and of itself, which leads me to believe that the evidence is pretty strong.

As far as the timing is concerned, you could also make a case that Justice could have forced his hand. Whatever the reason, the timing is not bad for GWB. LOL.

[kabar]

Another thought on timing. Bergler leaked to the press just prior to the release of the 9/11 report and the Dem convention to portray himself as a victim of a political attack by the GOP. He knows he is guilty, but he will get more public and Dem support by linking his investigation to these two upcoming events. After all, he is a Kerry adviser.