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From: jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll)
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Subject: Re: Politics OT-Re: Books Banned in Utah.
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2024 13:40:45 -0000 (UTC)
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In article <va83rb$i1pu$1@dont-email.me>,
Cryptoengineer  <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:
>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.
>
But he was head of the CIA, so used to treating laws as an optional
extra. 


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