Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!panix!.POSTED.panix2.panix.com!not-for-mail From: jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: Politics OT-Re: Books Banned in Utah. Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2024 13:40:45 -0000 (UTC) Organization: Public Access Networks Corp. Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2024 13:40:45 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader1.panix.com; posting-host="panix2.panix.com:166.84.1.2"; logging-data="1404"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@panix.com" X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010) Bytes: 2260 Lines: 38 In article , Cryptoengineer wrote: >On 8/22/2024 1:58 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote: >> Cryptoengineer writes: >>> On 8/21/2024 11:27 PM, James Nicoll wrote: >>>> In article , >> >>>>> >>>>> 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. -- My reviews can be found at http://jamesdavisnicoll.com/ My tor pieces at https://www.tor.com/author/james-davis-nicoll/ My Dreamwidth at https://james-davis-nicoll.dreamwidth.org/ My patreon is at https://www.patreon.com/jamesdnicoll