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To: American Spirit who wrote (92959)4/6/2007 8:59:00 AM
From: JeffA  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 173976
 
Uh Oh, Looks like Pelosi may have to be handcuffed. Oh wait a minute, she's Dem. They won't apply the LAW to her. Dems don't have to follow LAWS.

Illegal Diplomacy
By Robert F. Turner
Word Count: 854
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi may well have committed a felony in traveling to Damascus this week, against the wishes of the president, to communicate on foreign-policy issues with Syrian President Bashar Assad. The administration isn't going to want to touch this political hot potato, nor should it become a partisan issue. Maybe special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald, whose aggressive prosecution of Lewis Libby establishes his independence from White House influence, should be called back.

The "Logan Act" makes it a felony and provides for a prison sentence of up to three years for any American, "without authority of the United States," ...