Excellent points about Levin. The "wink and a nod" policy was applied to a great many incidents in the Clinton White House. Just because Bill Clinton did it, it doesn't make it a standard we should govern by now.
As for excerpting, I confess, I did it out of fear. I'm a newbie and 1. Don't want to get Mr. Robinson in any trouble and 2. Continually hear the mantra regarding bandwidth in my head.
This was my second post and I'm simply satisfied not to have made a fool of myself and not to have been flamed yet.
I promise to find and review the guidelines for posting articles and excerpts.
You didn't make a fool of yourself, you won't get flamed, and welcome aboard!