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Old 12-20-2005, 04:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Botnst
It's only a felony if they reveal means or methods. Few programs are Top Secret, codeword sensitive. I have not heard that this was any such program. It will come out if it was.
I thought someone told me it was a felony, although I don't recall where I heard that.
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But a member of Congress, like any other citizen, is not bound by law to cover a crime. That was settled at Nuremburg.
That sounds correct, but it sure puts a Senator in a tough spot. Say a senator hears of activity by the President that the senator believes to be a crime, but for which there might be an Alberto Gonzales type of argument to the contrary. In addition, say that revealing the activity might jeopardize national security. What's a senator to do? In a case like that, I might be inclined to punish the President but give the senator a pass.