We give you permission to lie

The White House has offered a deal to Congress. They will allow one of it's key aides, Karl Rove, and former counsel to the White House, Harriet Miers, to be questioned regarding the firings of the U.S. attorney. However, both Rove and Miers will not be mandated to testify under oath.

Hold on a minute. They won't need to be under oath? Meaning whatever they say could be true, or it could not be true. The White House is essentially telling Congress, if you take this deal, Rove and Miers won't be under oath and they have the permission to lie. But if they get subpoenaed, they'd have to testify under oath. So, it's either getting Rove and Miers to tell the truth or getting Rove and Miers to say whatever they want. I'm pretty sure the truth is what Congress looking for, but what do I know? Some people like lies. Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq being one of them, so to maintain consistency, the White House would like Rove to not have to tell the truth.

Nothing like the government that should be representing the people, hiding things from the people. But I have one question, how can these U.S. attorneys have done better than getting excellent reports in order to keep their jobs?