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02/22/2004 Archived Entry: "Let the next scandal begin."
Let the next scandal begin.
These guys make the Nixon administration look like amateurs - and it seems that conservatives aren't real happy about it.
Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee are holding their breath this week as they await a final report in "Memogate," the dust-up over Senate Democrats' strategy documents lifted by GOP staffers from a shared computer server. The documents were internal memos laying out tactics and objections to President Bush's judicial nominees.Mostly, the committee has evinced bipartisan disgust at the act of downloading, studying, and then leaking these memos to the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Times last November. But Senate Judiciary Chairman Orrin Hatch, who launched the wide-ranging investigation, and GOP senators on the committee are being pummeled by conservative groups for letting their disgust at the way the memos were obtained override their obligation to behave like hysterical drama queens about their contents.
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But some conservative groups claim that no crime occurred; that what the staffers did is more akin to glimpsing documents carelessly left on opposing counsel's desk. This defense weakened a little last week when Pickle privately briefed members of the committee, telling them the pilfering had gone on longer than previously believed—two years—and involved over 5,000 documents.
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So, when can we expect Agnew oops I mean Cheney to be charged with bribery and resign from office?
Posted by Demeur @ 02/22/2004 05:23 AM NY
