[nathanbedford]

Having posted that, and upon reflection, I drawback for my own comments in horror. I see what we have become and I do not like it. We are in the midst of the war against maniacal terrorists who would destroy our democracy even if they had to make resort to atomic weapons, and we consume ourselves with tribal warfare almost in the face of the enemy.

Cold comfort that our reaction is a normal and human reaction to a despicable plot, or at least a movement, to cripple our commander in chief in time of war.

Our job is to win the war not to convict Alger Hiss.

[Californiajones]

Well said but even Lincoln rounded up the traitors until after the war was won. Lincoln didn't have a fourth branch of government to deal with, either, the Intelligence communities. Bush has to do something -- it is a balance of power issue when this fourth branch turns revolutionary.