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post May 24 2006, 01:02 PM
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Undoubtedly you have all heard about the Democrat Congressman taking a $100,000 dollar bribe and storing the money in his freezer and the subsequent FBI raid on his office.

One would believe that the Republicans would be jumping all over this opportunity to smear Democrats; however, Republicans and Democrats are coming together in an unprecedented collaborative effort to oppose the FBI ever searching the offices of Congressmen (Democrats and Republicans) ever again.

This makes you wonder... what do Republicans and the rest of Congress (Democrats included) have to hide? Massive corruption in Congress?

Article about the raid:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/21/washingt...age&oref=slogin

Congress pissed off about the raids:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3626796/
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post May 24 2006, 06:04 PM
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The FBI had a warrant to raid the Congressman's office. I have no problem with raids when authorities go through the proper channels and get a judge's approval.

What I do have a problem with is warrantless wiretapping, warrantless searches & seizures, and warrantless anything.

In this case everything the feds did was compeletely legal. What this is about is Congress thinking that federal laws applies to the normal American citizens and not to them. This elitist behavior from Congress disgusts me.

Know what you're talking about from now on before you try to call me out.
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