Privacy Rights Good For Them NOT For Us?

Now that House Majority Leader Denny Hastert has his balls in a grip by the FBI, he seems to have suddenly remembered how to recognize the Administrations' abuse of power. Isn't it interesting that while this dictator/king and his minions invade everyone's privacy not a peep is heard from Congress but now that it affects their own privacy all hell breaks loose. House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., issued a joint statement calling on the Justice Department to return items taken from Jefferson`s office. Hastert and Pelosi said the raid violates constitutional separation of powers. "These constitutional principles were not designed by the Founding Fathers to place anyone above the law," said the statement. "Rather, they were designed to protect the Congress and the American people from abuses of power, and those principles deserve to be vigorously defended." What a total crock of crap, from both Pelosi and Haskert. Do they think this abuse of power and lack of respect for citizens privacy just started suddenly? Maybe it's time to turf the whole damn lot of them in the upcoming elections. However since there has been no mention of an investigation of Pelosi, I am inclined to think that Hastert is the biggest hypocrite of the two. Especially since it has now leaked out that Denny Boy himself is the target of an ongoing investigation by the Justice Department. According to ABC News/Reuters May 24, 2006 — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Dennis Hastert, is under investigation by the FBI, which is probing corruption in Congress, ABC News reported on Wednesday. ABC, citing high level Justice Department sources, said information implicating Hastert was developed from convicted lobbyists who are now cooperating with the government. Part of the investigation involves a letter Hastert wrote three years ago, urging the Secretary of the Interior to block a casino on an Indian reservation that would have competed with those of other tribes. Hastert of course has denied the story and demanded a retraction which ABC denied and are standing by their story. Suddenly Denny has his panties in a wad, and of course after crying on his buddy King George The Decider's shoulder, the always agreeable (when in comes to something illegal) President Bush has asked the Justice Department to seal all the documents and keep them for 45 days, when more facts may have emerged, and tempers have cooled. Wonderful isn't it how the Bush Crime Family always sticks together? Don't think for a minute that Bush or Hastert are the least bit worried about Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA) or his rights. They are just doing their best to somehow stifle any investigation of Hastert and by using Jefferson as the reason it gives them a plausable cover. It's just business as usual folks.