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From: Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Politics OT-Re: Books Banned in Utah.
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 15:34:03 -0400
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On 8/22/2024 1:58 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
> Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> writes:
>> On 8/21/2024 11:27 PM, James Nicoll wrote:
>>> In article <va68qr$6u1l$1@dont-email.me>,
> 
>>>>
>>>> Bush I was a private citizen during Clinton's presidency,
>>>> and could not legally engage in diplomacy.
>>>
>>> I believe you may have confused Bill Clinton (POTUS 1993 - 2000)
>>> Jimmy Carter (POTUS 1977 to 1980).
>>
>> Yup. Major brain fart.
>>
>> But it doesn't change the point. How do you get Bush I (who
>> did a lot of diplomatic work when the GOP were in power),
>> negotiating with Iran over the hostage deal, when he was
>> a private citizen? What quid pro quo could he offer to the
>> Iranians?
> 
> He (GHWB) had been the director of the Central Intelligence Agency
> during the previous (Ford) republican administration.
> 

....which means that he certainly aware of the Logan Act, which
forbids private citizens from negotiating like that. Prior to
Reagan's inauguration, Bush was a private citizen.

pt