[joe fonebone]

i have not read one person who said the raids were illegal, on the contrary, they were both legal and constitutional

[wideawake]

i have not read one person who said the raids were illegal

I had two different FReepers tell me that the raids were an illegal intrusion upon the Legislature by the Executive because Jefferson's office is intimately tied to his legislative function.

[muawiyah]

The Speaker of the House did not authorize the FBI to conduct the raid, a practice that dates back, in this country, all the way to the First Continental Congress, and even further back to the execution of Charles I in England.

Alberto Gonzales himself directed that the raid be undertaken. The man has been a total failure as Attorney General due, in substantial part, to the fact that he simply does not adhere to American norms of jurisprudence.