And while he agrees with most of how Isikoff characterized it, he did disagree with the portion of Isikoff’s interpretation currently being bandied about by several persons online as alleged ‘proof’ that Obama’s shut the door on any probes (and which was used by some Kossack commenters to attack the diary I referenced earlier today):
There’s not much I’d feel compelled to add to what’s already out there, though one thing that jumps out at me is that I don’t know that I’d be able to agree with the assessment Isikoff passes on that the President spoke for the Attorney General and foreclosed the option of investigations, prosecutions or the like. The President ran the meeting, and it was his session. But I don’t know that I’d agree that it was his intention to announce the foreclosure of any such options. It may ultimately be his actual intention, but it didn’t appear to be his intention to declare it then and there — a subtle difference perhaps, but that subtlety was pretty much characteristic of most of what he had to say. He took his time and approached the issues and his answers to our questions carefully. The absence of any comment from the Attorney General appeared to me to be more of an acknowledgment that it was the President who wanted to direct the discussion, and the White House staff and administration officials present weren’t getting in the way of that.
Now, anyone who’s read David/Kagro’s diaries and front-page pieces over the past few years knows that he’s not an Obamabot in the least. But I predict that he will soon be accused of being one, if he hasn’t been already.