[JohnHuang2]

Thursday, August 29, 2002

Quote of the Day by stop_fascism

[crystalk]

Never trust a Yankee Democrat. The only Honest Yankees are Republicans.

[SkyPilot]

Accountablity is a bitch, isn't it?

[FairWitness]

"You have to reach Congress through political means ... not through judicial means."

If I could use any means I chose to "reach" Congress, I might choose the item below:

[Lion's Cub]

For one thing, the case involves an agency of the executive branch, the FBI, investigating another branch of government. Both House and Senate rules specify that leaks on the Hill should be probed by their own ethics committees.

I guess they've taken the "no controlling authority" remark to heart. So much for the good old concept of "checks and balances"...

BTW, if they're so worried about this, then the old theory that they betrayed us based on those FBI files doesn't hold much water anymore...They weren't being blackmailed. They were just being subversive.

[PogySailor]

For one thing, the case involves an agency of the executive branch, the FBI, investigating another branch of government. Both House and Senate rules specify that leaks on the Hill should be probed by their own ethics committees. Though congressional leaders themselves called for the FBI to come in, many lawmakers balk at the precedent it is setting.

Forgive my ignorance, but doesn't this happen all the time, though generally in the other direction?