Desirée Rogers, the woman likely responsible for this major security breach in the photograph above, will not be required to testify. What in the name of George W. Bush and Donald Rumsfeld is going on in this White House? I would never expect an Obama administration to use the executive privilege excuse to cover its posterior. Wait, of course, I expected it!Citing separation of powers concerns, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs says Desirée Rogers, the White House social secretary, will not give testimony on the Crashergate scandal before a House committee tomorrow.
"Based on separation of powers," Gibbs said, "staff here do not go to testify in front of Congress."
I also did not know that Ms. Rogers was a former New Orleans Zulu Queen (whatever that is). Not that it matters, but it is quite an interesting tidbit that adds a certain spice to this story.
What the statement didn't mention is that Rogers, 49, is a native New Orleanian who twice was queen of the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club, a krewe dating back to 1916. She was queen of Zulu in 1988, and in 2000 reprised the reign in honor of her father, who died about two and a half months earlier.
Here's a video of Gibbs getting pissy with a female reporter who asks him questions about Ms. Rogers.
Source: NBC Chicago ; Times-Picayune
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