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SCOTT HORTON?Qwest: Another Political Prosecution? |
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Contributed by Scott Horton
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Last week, a career federal prosecutor friend told me, ?Most of us have come to agree that there?s a real problem with political prosecutions on Bush?s watch, and that needs to be addressed, but you need to remind your readers that this is something truly exceptional and that the great mass of cases involve the normal functioning of the law enforcement system, with career professionals who are detached from political considerations.? For the record, I believe that?s true. I?m not sure how widespread the phenomenon of political prosecution is. I believe that it is no longer a question of ?whether? such prosecutions have been brought?that?s now very well established. How widespread is this phenomenon? That?s an important question and the answers are unclear. . . .
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