The FBI raided Representative William Jefferson, Democrat of Louisiana's office...seizing documents in a corruption investigation. The FBI had a search warrant. It all happened just the same way it would happen if they wanted to search YOUR office. From the minute it went down...members of the House...both Democrats and sadly Republicans...have been spinning around on their eyebrows and spitting wooden nickels. They think he should have had a warning the Feds were coming, so Jefferson could destroy the evidence.
Congress called it a separation of powers issue. The executive branch overstepped their bounds. So yesterday, President Bush...the head of that executive branch...caved in. Imagine that He ordered the documents sealed for 45 days while people try to figure out what to do. Nobody has access to those documents for 45 days. This has probably crippled the FBI's case.
What good is 45 days going to do? What will be different then from now? The only explanation is that the House lawyers want to go through every document and decide what the FBI should get.
So .. .why did Bush cave to the Imperial Congress? Perhaps it's his way of trying to get conservative Republicans back on his side after his failure to handle the issue of the Mexican invasion. At any rate ... it's clear that our elected officials -- many of them anyway -- clearly believe themselves to be above the law.
It will be interesting to see what happens 45 days from now.
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Congress called it a separation of powers issue. The executive branch overstepped their bounds. So yesterday, President Bush...the head of that executive branch...caved in. Imagine that He ordered the documents sealed for 45 days while people try to figure out what to do. Nobody has access to those documents for 45 days. This has probably crippled the FBI's case.
What good is 45 days going to do? What will be different then from now? The only explanation is that the House lawyers want to go through every document and decide what the FBI should get.
So .. .why did Bush cave to the Imperial Congress? Perhaps it's his way of trying to get conservative Republicans back on his side after his failure to handle the issue of the Mexican invasion. At any rate ... it's clear that our elected officials -- many of them anyway -- clearly believe themselves to be above the law.
It will be interesting to see what happens 45 days from now.
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