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- From: jsp@uts.amdahl.com (James Preston)
- Newsgroups: misc.legal,talk.politics.misc
- Subject: Re: Weinberger's Pardon
- Message-ID: <f3oM036gc6x700@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>
- Date: 31 Dec 92 07:42:52 GMT
- References: <BzzH4s.M60@well.sf.ca.us> <1992Dec28.200756.18681@cs.ucla.edu> <1992Dec29.135226.20152@panix.com> <1992Dec29.221407.24874@ryptyde.cts.com>
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- scott@ryptyde.cts.com (Scott McClure) writes:
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- }patth@panix.com (Patt Bromberger) writes:
- }> The "real issue" is that Special Prosecutor Lawrence E.
- }> Walsh was appointed by the RayGun Administration to find
- }> the truth and ferret out the weasels involved in
- }> Iran/Contra-Gate! One of Walsh's initial reactions was
- }> ** the fish smells from the head down **
-
- }So? What's the big deal about? It's all just a big liberal-sponsored
- }witch-hunt. Why should such a powerful position be given to just one
- }person? He doesn't have to answer to *anyone*. That's just not right,
- }IMHO.
-
- You're talking about Walsh? What powers does he have? Correct me if
- I'm wrong, but I thought that as a prosecutor, special or not, all he
- can do is bring charges. It still requires a trial, with all the checks
- and balances therein, to actually convict someone of a crime, right?
- So it's not really true that Walsh doesn't have to answer to anyone; he
- has to answer to the judges and juries at any trials that he gets.
-
- --James Preston
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