<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 7:42 PM, spike </span><span dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><<a href="mailto:spike66@att.net" target="_blank">spike66@att.net</a>></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> wrote:</span><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Calibri Light',sans-serif;font-size:14pt"> </span><br></p></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"></span></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">​> ​</div>You answered my question John.  You are OK with the president having the ultimate security clearance. <p></p></div></blockquote><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">​</span><font size="4" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Who in the world wouldn't be OK with that? In a finite population somebody has to be ​at the end of the security granting chain. </font><br></div><div> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"> </span></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">​> ​</div>By that reasoning Nixon was justified in gathering intelligence on possible rivals.  <p></p></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><span style="font-size:large;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">​Don't be silly. No security clearance no matter<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">​ how​</div> high authorizes you to commit crimes, it just authorizes you to hear secrets. ​And burglary is a crime but getting a blowjob is not, or at least it shouldn't be.</span><br></div><div> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">​>​</div>…The Senate a <b>ACQUIT</b></span><span style="font-family:'Calibri Light',sans-serif;font-size:18.6667px"> </span><b style="font-family:'Calibri Light',sans-serif;font-size:14pt">TED</b><span style="font-family:'Calibri Light',sans-serif;font-size:14pt"> Bill Clinton of perjury…</span></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"></span></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">​> ​</div>I see.  Does that mean he didn’t lie? <p></p></div></blockquote><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:large">​</span><font size="4">It means the Senate didn't give a shit<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">​ </div>if<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">​ </div>he lied<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">​ </div>or not<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">​ </div>because he never should have been asked the question. It means the Senate was acting like a jury <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">​just as​</div> the constitution says it should<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">​,​</div> and it means the Senate was OK with the idea of Jury Nullification. I'm OK with Jury Nullification too, I though all Libertarians were.</font><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline"><font size="4"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></font></div></div><font size="4">I've<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">​ ​</div>had some experience with it<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inli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