"It would deny the public any reliable record"

and THAT is the plan... no record... nothing public... just the same 6-year old game of spin, spin, spin, with a liberal side dish of plausible deniability...

froomkin...

White House officials say that the absence of a transcript is absolutely essential -- and is a reflection of their determination not to allow a friendly information-gathering session to take on the trapping of a court proceeding or political theater.

But more significantly, it would deny the public any reliable record of what was said.

It would remove the pressure from senior aides, most notably White House political guru Karl Rove, to come clean on their involvement in the firings -- while denying the public an opportunity to assess their veracity.

And it would make Congress a party to keeping important information obscured from the kind of public scrutiny that comes when journalists and bloggers have a chance to untangle the skillful evasions so common to this White House.

great point... i hadn't considered that, by accepting the white house terms, congress would become a party to a cover-up...

(thanks to joe at americablog...)

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