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- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 10:31:31 PST
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- From: Jonathan Fisher <jfisher@NETXWEST.COM>
- Subject: Re: well, pardon me! version 1
- Comments: To: POLITICS@ucf1vm.cc.ucf.edu
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- > >The Sunday Washington Post was full of commentary on the pardons, mostly
- negati
- > >ve. One pundit ascribed it to Bush's trying to curry favor with the
- conservati
- > >ves of the GOP. An interesting legal point is the pardons potentially
- increase
- > >Bush's vulnerability as Weinberger et al cannot plead the Fifth Amendment in
- re
- > >fusing to answer questions now that they're pardoned.
- > >Uncle Ernie
- >
- > Hah! I made that interesting point three weeks ago. Thank you, thank you.
- >
- > I saw William Safire's column about the pardons today. He had this
- > interesting angle.
- >
- > White House Counsel Boyden Grey essentially got the pardons for Cap & Co.
- > He also effectively prevented a special prosecutor appointment for
- > Iraqgate. Yet, he insisted on a special prosecutor for investigating
- > the GOP inspection of Clinton's records. Why? Did he think the
- > prying into Clinton's past was more important?
- It was my impression that the law specifically states that when a "senior"
- member of the White House Staff is involved, a special prosecutor HAS to
- be named. IMO, Barr had no choice. And I'll bet that he tried to find
- every loophole possible!
- >
- > Safire speculates that Grey was largely motivated by hatred for,
- > and rivalry with, James Baker. Baker alone stood to be embarassed
- > by the exposing the invasion of Clinton's privacy. In the other
- > two cases, Grey was trying to cover the president's butt.
- hmm. Interesting. However, I believe that it is the Attorney General
- who decides to appoint (or more accurately since the law is now history,
- decided to appoint), and therefore unless Barr and Grey are good buddies,
- (not impossible to imagine), Barr decided to do this on his own and
- (referencing my above paragraph) followed the law.
- >
- > Jamie
- >
- Jonathan
-