Category Archives: ps645

Claims 1. Statute did not function as intended. Should expire 2. If we need an ISC, should revise law in light of experience. Congress wanted to 1) fix conflict of interest and 2) avoid constitutional problems and be fair to … Continue reading →

Orrin Hatch, famous Senator, actually writes journal articles? ISC law was passed despite Constitutional questions. Like what? Attorney general can always investigate. Question is, once a special prosecutor is in place, should the president have power over that person? Hatch … Continue reading →

Remember Susan McDougal: refused to testify against Clinton in Whitewater episode, held in jail for contempt of court for refusing. She claims Starr terrorized her and his team told her what to say, and she refused. Hale, the convicted loaner … Continue reading →

Al Shiraa published a story claiming the CIA sold weapons to Iran in return for help in releasing hostages. Funny that Howard Baker was called in to save the day for Reagan. 20 years before, Nixon railed against him and … Continue reading →

Watergate had no real lessons! Just “don’t break the law, or don’t get caught”. Nothing else new. The Watergate episode only manifests a prevalent view of the president as an absolute leader, an embodiment of America. Anything/one against the president … Continue reading →

Please remember that Cox is the famous fired Special Prosecutor. He was as close to the investigation of the Nixon WH as anybody could be, for a long time. Should “Executive Privilege” be accepted as a Constitutional doctrine? What arguments … Continue reading →

I clipped this part from p. 64-74 because it gives a thumbnail sketch of the Nixon administration’s most bizarre extra-legal strategies. The IRS pursues anti-Nixon political organizations The “Enemies List” is created by Colson for Nixon, told to use DOJ … Continue reading →

I worked pretty hard to cut this down to just the highlights. When you see comments about the Nixon administration, you don’t usually get actual support for the claims. This book is different, it is base on a painstaking review … Continue reading →

Definitions. Reviews Gardiner’s arguments Claims study of corruption is held back by definition. I wonder. Probably it is more held back by lack of useful research questions. Anyway.. Corruption is violation of formal norms/legal standards, or includes “norms” or public … Continue reading →

I like the general idea that corruption is diversion of resources from public to private purposes. That’s not enough for Gardiner. Originally published 1993 Look at separate problems (really separate?) 1. Corruption Nye (1967) corruption is deviation from behavior norms … Continue reading →