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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: JohnM who wrote (49449)6/8/2004 9:08:38 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) of 793623
 
But I do know that both Watergate and the Iran-Contra scandals were about precisely this issue.

Seems to me that in both of those cases the principals knew that what they were doing was illegal but they were arrogant enough to think the laws didn't apply to them because they were special, important, not subject to laws that apply to commoners. It was about them. This feels different to me somehow, like it's not about them as lawbreakers but about whether the laws of the country are still applicable under the circumstances. There's still the arrogance of thinking they don't have to vet the changes or spend the time going through the process. But it doesn't seem to be about them and their own illegal acts. Maybe that's in irrelevant nuance. Maybe it's not even an apt one. This is just a first thought about something that just feels different.
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