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Politics : Clinton's Scandals: Is this corruption the worst ever? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: j_b who wrote (2148)	8/19/1998 10:08:00 PM
From: Doughboy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13994

Okay, so you have a lessened expectation of privacy. But do you have to expect that you'll have to deny your foibles under oath? I think not. That's the problem here, everything has been magnified into a federal crime when it all started out as your garden-variety deception of a spouse. What none of you appear to realize is that any one of is vulnerable any day to a sweeping investigation into "obstruction" (i.e. trying to frustrate a legal process) "mail fraud" (lying in a letter), "wire fraud" (lying on the telephone), etc. that is so easy to stumble over, you're in deep before you know it. Look at Webb Hubbell. They first looked at his testimony to Congress, and when that didn't really pan out, they went back, checked out all his tax records, audited all his legal bills, delved into every nook and cranny of his life until he was facing decades in prison. Honestly, how many of have such pristine lives that we could survive that kind of scrutiny. My take-away from all this is: You don't do that to the President of the United States. If you have his ass, fine, prosecute and impeach him. BUT YOU DON'T TRY TO BUILD A CASE AGAINST HIM WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE ONE IN THE FIRST PLACE. I can only imagine how we would all feel if our employers went out and under the pains of perjury or other criminal threat forced our friends, coworkers and family to divulge our secrets. If you think you'd survive that, you're a better man than me.