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Sunday, August 28, 2005

John Roberts: unindicted Iran/Contra criminal?
Posted by Jill | 8:22 AM

It looks like Mr. Squeaky-Clean may have advocated in violation of the very Constitution he'd be sworn to uphold as a Supreme Court Justice. This was buried deep within a WaPo article on Democrats seeking to have some of Roberts' files released to them -- files the Bush Administration doesn't want them to see...quite possibly for good reason:

One file withheld, regarding the Iran- contra affair, was a draft memo from Roberts to his bosses with the heading "re: establishment of NHAO" -- referring to the Nicaraguan Humanitarian Assistance Office.

The office was one of the ways the Reagan administration got around what were known as the Boland amendments, which prohibited U.S. intelligence agencies from spending money to overthrow the Sandinistas. The office was a way the administration could get funds to the contras for nonmilitary purposes, but once there the money was used for all sorts of things.


That's the kind of guy the Bush Administration wants on the Supreme Court -- one who can always find a way around the Constitution so that his boss, the (presumably Republican) president can do whatever he goddamn pleases.

Constitution? We don' need no es-teenking Constitution.

Hat tip: All-Spin Zone.
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