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...great detail the government's suspicions after Lee's case was concluded by a plea agreement that convicted him only of one felony count of mishandling classified information suggests that the FBI believes its evidence will fare better in the Senate than it would have done in a courtroom. Of course, civil-rights advocates will howl at the appearance of double jeopardy, and question the fairness of giving the prosecution a second chance in a setting whose evidentiary standards are not those of a courtroom. And even before that to the media, once again - CNN led Tuesday with a summary...
...predicament in much the same way that angry parents do: by arguing over the little ones' heads or quarreling out of earshot, behind closed doors. Whenever concerned adults talk seriously about what's best for the children of divorce, they seem to hold the discussion in a setting--a courtroom or legislature or university--where young folks aren't allowed...
...people, has also helped publicize the case. Transgender activists around the world have contacted the county children's agency in protest. A growing media circus greets each court development. Last week the child's case was stalled while everyone argued for days over whether cameras should be in the courtroom...
...latest in a series of new constitutional maneuvers to circumvent laws that they consider to be secular oppression. Already the religious rebellion is organizing into a successful Christian resistance movement of everyday people. After an Alabama judge was sued for refusing to remove the Ten Commandments from his courtroom, Christian groups pushed to have them declared a historical document in several states. Now they hang next to the Declaration of Independence in dozens of schools and public buildings...
...rush to publish - and the implication by the guardians of the nation's security that the national interest had been imperiled - may have drowned those out. So the net effect of the initial reporting of the case throughout the national press was to create a separate media courtroom in which hooded accusers were free to damn Lee without fear, even, of rigorous cross-examination...