Mystery Quote

"Evidently, Mr. [president] wants to shield virtually any communications that take place within the White House compound on the theory that all such talk contributes in some way, shape or form to the continuing success and harmony of an administration. Taken to its logical extreme, that position would make it impossible for citizens to hold a chief executive accountable for anything. He would have a constitutional right to cover up.

"Chances are that the courts will hurl such a claim out, but it will take time.

"One gets the impression that Team [president] values its survival more than most people want justice and thus will delay without qualm. But as the clock ticks, the public's faith in Mr. [president] will ebb away for a simple reason: Most of us want no part of a president who is cynical enough to use the majesty of his office to evade the one thing he is sworn to uphold — the rule of law."

So, who do you think said it, and about who??

Update: here's a comment that I found in a thread over at Crooks and Liars...

Snow says they want to avoid a Perry Mason spectacle? In a Perry Mason spectacle the questioner (Mason, whose analogous role here = Congress) asks tough probing questions that ultimately reveal the identity of a guilty criminal.

So the role of the guilty criminal, in Snow's Mason analogy, would be... ?

Thank you, Your Honor. No more questions.
Bob in PA |