tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post4374119614274775294..comments2024-03-12T21:13:06.850-05:00Comments on Legal Schnauzer: Rove Deal Is A Raw Deal For Justicelegalschnauzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09619089628125964154noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-1444465869279730592009-03-06T16:32:00.000-06:002009-03-06T16:32:00.000-06:00IIRC, the only reason a deal is being pursued is t...IIRC, the only reason a deal is being pursued is that the District Court told the parties that it was in their best interest to settle rather than risk having precedent set.<BR/><BR/>Why would it be in anyone's interest to have a legal grey area regarding "executive privilege"? Because the executive may wish to hide things. So, right now, you have the Republicans who are trying to hide things that they've done already, and you have the Democrats who are trying to be able to hide things in the future (or at least, have some leverage against an overzealous partisan hack like Kenneth Starr).<BR/><BR/>The Obama administration is definitely shooting themselves in the foot by allowing any lingering scent of "executive privilege" to remain intact. A) They lose any claim to transparency, accountability, and reform that they could otherwise permanently establish as synonomous with the Democrat brand, and B) they get nothing in exchange, because "executive privilege" doesn't exist, and they can't expect that the Republicans would return the favor and play nicely in the future (Hello? Ken Starr?) - and the dems don't have the lock-step authoritarian "party discipline" (i.e. mafia code) that the Republicans do, so it doesn't even matter if they are in the majority.<BR/><BR/>Stupid people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-73561906030886901552009-03-06T11:59:00.000-06:002009-03-06T11:59:00.000-06:00Of course it's a raw deal, the words "an agreement...Of course it's a raw deal, the words "an agreement has been reached" implicitly states that. Why should there be any agreement beforehand? The only thing that could be agreed to is a guarantee that certain topics are off limits. Why is it that things that are so obvious are so hard to see?<BR/><BR/>Rove has been subpoenaed numerous times by Congress and he has ignored all of them. He should be held in contempt and jailed. Anything short of a full and open inquiry is strictly political theater.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-32362247421363757112009-03-06T09:16:00.000-06:002009-03-06T09:16:00.000-06:00Dot:If you want to think of me as a "conspiracy nu...Dot:<BR/>If you want to think of me as a "conspiracy nut," that's fine with me. But I should point out that this story isn't about me or what I think. It's about Jill Simpson and her direct experiences with Greg Craig.legalschnauzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09619089628125964154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-89136939599881648752009-03-06T01:45:00.000-06:002009-03-06T01:45:00.000-06:00Why is it that you always think that there is a co...Why is it that you always think that there is a conspiracy against everything you are for? Don't you think that ONCE things could be legitimate or would it have to be that you hand picked every person on your side and the opposition's side? Geez let's be fair.DoubtingDothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06649126582542375722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-1765234755583142412009-03-05T15:12:00.000-06:002009-03-05T15:12:00.000-06:00Agreed. I've been reading about this over at T...Agreed. I've been reading about this over at The Wayne Madsen Report. Wayne used to work for Naval Intelligence and has many contacts. The Intelligence Community has put the fix in to keep prying eyes and ears away from too much information. If the public via the Siegelman Investigation discovers too much about The dealings of Mark Fuller & Richard Shelby with Doss Aviation & Oceaneering, then all kinds of skeletons will fall out of the CIA's closet such as the CIA's shoot down of Korean Air Lines 007 to kill Democratic Representative Larry McDonald, the former Chairman of The John Birch Society from Atlanta, GA who was about to embarrass Bill Gates on the Iran Contra issue. KAL 007 was recovered from the ocean floor by Oceaneering which is owned by Judge Mark Fuller.Robby Scott Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08625575128616865817noreply@blogger.com