Here’s something we never thought we’d see: Karl Rove and former White House attorney Harriet Miers have agreed to testify on the Bush administration’s allegedly politically motivated firing of nine federal prosecutors.

All right, "agreed" may be too generous a word, for Rove had previously refused, citing "executive privilege." That argument didn’t fly with Obama officials, who insisted the duo testify without immunity. After weeks of debate, all sides have come to an agreement. Via the The Washington Post:

Under the terms of the deal, former presidential adviser Rove and former White House lawyer Miers will testify before the House Judiciary Committee in transcribed interviews, under penalty of perjury, but without cameras, reporters or members of the public in attendance. The transcripts eventually will be published, the agreement said.

The settlement gives the Judiciary Committee access to long-sought internal documents prepared by the Bush White House and the Justice Department from December 2004 through March 2007 about the politically explosive firing of the nine prosecutors.

Rove’s lawyer insisted his client "looks forward" to answering prosecutors’ inquiries. Rove, however, took a less congenial stance this morning, when he told Fox News that the hearings amount to a "show trial" and the Democrats want to see him "barbecued."