Pelosi's Illegal Diplomacy
WSJ Behind The Curve…Again…
Saturday, April 07, 2007 3:18 AM
The WSJ has asked:
Illegal Diplomacy
Did Nancy Pelosi commit a felony when she went to Syria?
WHAT? We bloggers have been saying this since the plan was announced!! GET WITH THE PROGRAM!!!
However, it IS a good article…Logan Act and all,previously reported by MANY of us.
“House Speaker Nancy Pelosi may well have committed a felony in traveling to Damascus this week, against the wishes of the president, to communicate on foreign-policy issues with Syrian President Bashar Assad. The administration isn’t going to want to touch this political hot potato, nor should it become a partisan issue. Maybe special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald, whose aggressive prosecution of Lewis Libby establishes his independence from White House influence, should be called back.
The Logan Act makes it a felony and provides for a prison sentence of up to three years for any American, “without authority of the United States,” to communicate with a foreign government in an effort to influence that government’s behavior on any “disputes or controversies with the United States.” Some background on this statute helps to understand why Ms. Pelosi may be in serious trouble…”
However, there are no men left in Washington. They are all PC’d into wussiness and afraid of their own shadows. More than likely, nothing will come of this.
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