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The Scooter Standard -- By: Andrew C. McCarthy

Source: National Review Online

Oct 30, 2009

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While the most transparent administration in history continues to stonewall Congress on its legal theories for supporting a would-be dictator in Honduras, dismissing a civil-rights case against nightstick-wielding Black Panthers, and flouting the plain language of the Constitution on the D.C. Voting Rights Bill, it’s time once again to check in on the president’s equally laughable commitment to disinfect the Justice Department, removing all traces of political taint.

When it was Scooter Libby in the crosshairs, Democrats were awfully sanctimonious about the grave felony of lying to the FBI. The cornerstone of our legal system, they reminded us, was the obligation of every American -- or at least every American who is not the 42nd president of the United States -- to provide truthful information when questioned in an investigation. After all, this is America. Thanks to our Constitution, no one is forced to submit to interrogation by the police, the FBI, a grand jury, Congress, or a judge. If we have any good-faith concern that answering questions may incriminat

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