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Originally Posted by Botnst
You're either a complete virgin or I don't know what.
I have never previously heard of anybody suggesting that attorney's working in Congress were anything but information sources for whatever power struggles are underway. Within the Congress or the Executive. The Congress is a seething snakepit of information and disinformation. Power in Congress derives from control and framing of information.
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Actually, Bot, I am attorney, and I used to work on Capitol Hill. So I know a thing or two about Congress and how it operates, as well as lawyer-client relations, and professional ethics.
Ad hominem attacks on the speaker's intelligence are a very low form of argumentation. Try again.
Thompson was minority counsel for the Watergate committee. Leaking and sabotaging the investigation on behalf of the White House was extremely unethical. It speaks volumes about Thompson's character and political ambition.
-- Bokonon