[Yo-Yo]

Obviously the problem is that Webb doesn't have a DC license for that gun, and he is setting himself up with unlawful posession himself if he says too much, and he knows it.

Webb says assistant made 'unfortunate' error having gun

WASHINGTON -- Virginia Sen. Jim Webb said Tuesday that his executive assistant made an "enormously unfortunate" error when he inadvertently tried to carry a loaded pistol into a Senate office building Monday.

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"I think this is one of those very unfortunate situations where, completely inadvertently, he took the weapon into the Senate yesterday," Webb said.

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Thompson, who spent his 45th birthday in a Washington, D.C., jail, told police that the gun belonged to Webb and had been given to him temporarily for safekeeping, according to a court record. But Webb, at a Capitol news conference, declined to say who owned the gun. "I have never carried a gun in the Capitol complex, and I did not give the weapon to Phillip Thompson," he said.

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[3AngelaD]

In the Senate, "executive assistant" means the guy who drives the senator around and carries the handbag, if your senator is female, or briefcase, if your senator is a male. This person has no legislative or policy respnsibilities whatsoever. He is a well paid handmaiden to Webb.

[OldCorps]

There are two problems I have with the way Sen. Webb has acted in this matter:

1. He (Sen Webb) apparently did little to extricate a fellow marine from jail for an error which most likely was caused by himself (Webb).

2. He hemmmed and hawed at the press conference, avoiding taking responsibility for ownership and possession of the weapon while in DC. My take is Sen. Webb is showing he is more worried about criminal charges resulting from his own behavior than the fact that his own assistant was arrested for possesion of the senator's weapon.

I think it is low character to allow a subordinate to sit in jail for something you did wrong.