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It's war. Too late for a public relations campaign so that some future Congress will slightly relax their laws. And in a war, gotta break some eggs.

Perhaps if it were J. Edgar Hoover doing this instead of Democrat Louis Freeh, we wouldn't see "nominal" liberal Ron Dellums, amongst so many others, standing shoulder to shoulder with the fascists. (Not that I ever though Dellums was anything other than a fascist, mind you.)

Perhaps if it were former CIA director George Bush pushing this (in his alternate universe second term) there would be more outrage from liberals.

I'm beginning to think Federal Bureau of Inquisition Director Unfreeh must, as rumors have long had it, have the goods on Janet Reno and Bill Clinton. Left to our imagination what these items may be.

I know for a fact that the Spooks had nothing to do with Richard Nixon recording every dirty deal that took place in the White House. I know for a fact that they certainly wouldn't use all that criminal information for blackmail. I know for a fact that they wouldn't spy on politicians and major financial figures, or take advantage of nefariously gained information in order to increase their money and power. People who smoke dope, dodge the draft, commit adultery, and perform financial fraud while govenor get to be elected President all the time, and nobody ever tries to 'control' them, or manipulate them in any way. I know all of this because I'm The Real Guy, "I used to be The Bad Lie until I got caught cheating at golf and was nominated for the Presidency."