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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK

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To: John Lacelle who wrote (17648)	12/7/1998 3:55:00 PM
From: Borzou Daragahi	Read Replies (1) of 67261

You're right, John. What Espy did was wrong. Whether it was illegal is almost beside the point. It was unethical. Public officials should take great pains to avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest. Whether he made any decisions based on those gifts merited further investigation. Regardless of whether the prosecutor went too far in trying to bring a case against him when he had no witnesses or evidence showing the gifts influenced decisions, Espy absolutely should not have done what he did. You should not be accepting any kind of gifts from the people you are sworn to be regulating--except maybe food at an industry luncheon or a Christmas card. Actions like Espy's destroy the public's trust in government. Did anyone take umbrage that some pundits were saying it was alright for Espy to be accepting gifts from these people because they were longtime friends? My preference would be that my Secretary of Agriculture had a somewhat (not totally) adverserial relationship with those who stand to profit by feeding us inferior food and destroying the environment. Not be chums with them.

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