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Sunday, March 25, 2007

Great Minds

Or something like that. Re my post about the Senate staffer slipping the US Attorney provision into the Patriot Act: Josh Marshall says Arlen Specter did it. Paul Kiel's version is closer to my own recollection. In fact, I remember Specter being quoted as saying he didn't know about it.

The thrust of both commentaries is away from my question, which remains: how can something like this get into the law without any of those responsible for making laws knowing about it?

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