Again: obstructing justice is a serious crime.

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Again: obstructing justice is a serious crime.

Mary Anne — 10/29/2005 1:18:54 PM (archived)

So is perjury. But obstruction of a Federal investigation into a Federal crime by a Federal employee at the highest level of government for any purpose whatsoever is particularly bad, because it undermines the law, to which that employee is supposed to be in service.

And he didn't have to do it.

The act itself speaks to a willingness to subvert the law for one's own purposes. Didn't Bush run on accountability? Or is that just one more thing that will be redefined for us by the President of a thousand faces?

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Twas the Night Before Fitzmas... - Lindy - 10/28/2005 1:54:53 AM
- Wait for it. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/28/2005 4:10:38 AM
  - Waited, waited, waited, opened, saw. Happy. (n/t) - Tony - 10/28/2005 5:17:36 PM
  - You know, with this general a statement... - alcaray - 10/28/2005 4:44:27 PM
    - I told you so (n/t) - alcaray - 10/30/2005 4:43:21 PM
    - re: You know, with this general a statement... - Tom Brosz - 10/28/2005 8:51:45 PM
      - If Libby hadn't lied, there might be PROOF of a crime - dtb - 10/29/2005 7:20:26 PM
        
        I must be missing something. - Tom Brosz - 10/29/2005 8:53:46 PM
        
        You are. - Tony - 10/31/2005 9:20:35 PM
      - So you are saying, then, that the Clinton impeachment was unfair? (n/t) - R.L. - 10/29/2005 6:41:01 AM
        
        I didn't say this indictment was unfair. - Tom Brosz - 10/29/2005 6:43:22 AM
        
        At least this was directly related - tony - 10/29/2005 2:37:11 PM
      - Shall we now speak of "moral relativism"? - Fox - 10/29/2005 2:02:31 AM
        
        Yer TV is missing. No indictment, no burglary? (n/t) - Bowser - 10/29/2005 12:18:54 PM
        
        Hello? - Tom Brosz - 10/29/2005 2:32:08 AM
        
        re: Hello? *knock knock* Is this working? - Fox - 10/29/2005 3:28:25 AM
        
        Yes, a crime was committed. Unfortunately, not the one everyone was howling about. - Tom Brosz - 10/29/2005 6:41:08 AM
        
        Are you saying NOBODY outed Plame? - Laurie Street - 10/30/2005 9:00:07 PM
        
        I discussed this over on CE. Here's the deal. - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/31/2005 4:13:19 AM
        
        How? Why are you asking me? Ask Fitzgerald. He had all the information. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/30/2005 10:45:36 PM
        
        Well no, he didn't, because Scooter lied to him. - Fox - 10/31/2005 4:01:05 AM
        
        For me to accept that premise... - Tom Brosz - 10/31/2005 5:07:29 AM
        
        And Al Capone was innocent excet for evading taxes. - tony - 10/29/2005 2:39:58 PM
      - "If the investigation had never taken place, there would have been no crime." - Mary Anne - 10/28/2005 11:46:29 PM
        
        Fitzgerald - Mary Anne - 10/29/2005 3:42:22 AM
      - "there would have been no crime"? - Robert - 10/28/2005 10:54:10 PM
        
        I think you may have missed the point. - Tom Brosz - 10/29/2005 2:37:31 AM
        
        You missed the points: - alcaray - 10/30/2005 4:50:28 PM
        
        re: You missed the point - Tom Brosz - 10/30/2005 10:53:41 PM
        
        Nope - Robert - 10/29/2005 4:40:25 AM
        
        I guess you have to take what you can get, if it saves face. - Tom Brosz - 10/29/2005 6:34:37 AM
        
        Again: obstructing justice is a serious crime. - Mary Anne - 10/29/2005 1:18:54 PM
        
        Dan Schorr said this morning.. - tony - 10/29/2005 2:42:57 PM
      - " If the investigation had never taken place, there would have been no crime" - Lindy - 10/28/2005 10:42:59 PM

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