Okay, so the FBI has been doing something other than look for terrorists. So the FBI, with a warrant, searched the offices of William Jefferson and removed documents. It seems that he has taken bribes from an electronics company that wants to bring broadband to Africa.
First time in history that a congressman's office has been searched in a criminal case.
Then it gets confusing. How do I know who to root for when you can't figure out what's going on?
Jefferson is a Democrat from Louisiana, where corruption is a rite of office. The Congress is in high dudgeon over the separation of powers. There seems to be some rifts in the White House on this, too. Cheney's people want the documents from the Congressman returned. AG Gonzalez has threatened to resign if they are returned. And, as usual, the White House dithers.
Makes you wonder what the documents are about, doesn't it? I mean, if Cheney's people want them returned to Jefferson, that can only mean, considering Cheney's history, that there is something in them would hurt Cheney, right?
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I see the whole "Government Game" as just one big game of Nomic (if this means nothing to you, read below) - and as such, following the rules is the only way to play the game.
The Constitution is the set of rules that all other rules come from.
There are 3 equal parts to government. The FBI and the DOJ are BOTH arms of the Executive branch. If the rules allow the Executive branch to search the Legslative branch, the the rules have to ALSO ALLOW the Legslative branch to search the Executive branch.
I think we can see that this will never happen.
djh
Nomic is a game of rule making. You start with a basic set of rules that determine how the rules are changed, and how score is kept. Then you are on your own. Make whatever rules you like, change rules you don't like, etc. See... Government is just one big game of Nomic - but like Nomic, you have to follow the rules that are in effect.
djh
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