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Wednesday, January 7, 2009 12:00 AM

The DOJ pursues the "real criminal" in the NSA spying scandal

While the high-level lawbreakers are protected from consequences by our political class, only the courageous whistle-blower is subject to criminal prosecution.

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  • Wednesday, January 7, 2009 06:14 PM

    Geeze Bob, I think my plumb bob has better reading comprehension...

    The law is the law. Either every violation of it is in some way objectionable, or defenses like "this is necessary for the protection of the nation" are valid defenses, and cannot be dismissed by simple resort to the letter of the law. Apply the letter universally, or not at all.

    -- Plumb Bob

    Nothing you write contradicts what Glenn has written. The point is that only the guy who blew the whistle on serious wrong-doing is being investigated for a crime while the others skate. It is not even clear Tamm commited a crime at this point. Bushco claims their doodles to be state secrets who how could anyone tell? Thank quasars that the bunch of Bush wankers are in the way out!

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