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Why is the pardon of Marc Rich an enduring and deep scandal worthy of 8 years of deliberation, and the pardon of Casper Weinberger, Elliot Abrams, Bud McFarlane, Duey Clarridge, Alan Fiers, and Clair George is not?
Because they were pardoned for crimes deemed policy disputes? -- umbrage
The Marc Rich pardon had negative traction... with Clinton's "base". It was rendered "enduring" by shills who saw it as useful in that regard. (Note: Rich is no sweetheart, and tax evasion was just one of the most "addressable" things he was suspected of doing in his day.)
But, you have a point that has bothered me for sometime now. I'm quite tired of watching Republican operatives getting off scot free because they've been able to spin their criminal misconduct as "policy-related" and disputable.
The men you mentioned above did real, lasting damage to American interests abroad. There is no good reason why they should still be players, irrespective of their sense of entitlement and "divine right" to power.
The leadership of our federal government doesn't actually possess a "divine right" to fuck up, again and again, on our dime.
