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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bill who wrote (4663)	9/22/1998 1:27:00 PM
From: dougjn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

I'm very much opposed to the OIC statute unless it is radically reformed. And I was coming to this view, though admittedly caring less about it, as a result of the over-long Iran-Contra investigation. The basic problem with the statue is that it inherantly breeds overzealousness, and incredibly protracted investigations that throw a long shadow over government throughout their duration. And not just with respect to the President, although of course its Presidential attack that we all focus by far the most upon. The main ways I would reform it is to require a much higher threshold for seriousness of likely offense, before setting those wheels in motion. In the immediate climate the Repubs. probably wouldn't go for that, although a few years ago they would have. So probably their simpler earlier proposal --- that we just let it expire and not renew it, it the only feasible alternative to renewing almost unchanged. I think if we again face anything really serious, such as another Watergate, or a Filegate (though that appears to be a low level misadventure only), Congress can hold hearings and develop ad hoc remedies. It SHOULDN't be as easy as it is now to launch a full fledged investigation. Doug