The attorney general defenestrated the people who made trouble. She approved an investigation of FBI Director Freeh because he gave Congress an incorrect explanation for the reassignment of a lab employee. She denied an expected promotion to Charles LaBella, a pesky investigator who agitated for independent counsels for the president, vice president and others. And she okayed a meritless probe of Dan Burton, chairman of the House Government Reform Committee. One has only to read the memos to marvel at the imbecilic disputes raging within Renodome and gawk at the ability of otherwise sane adults to transform simple language into a bog of ambiguity.
Common sense is the glue of any civil society.
Tradition and experience enable us to plug the interstices between law and circumstance. They help us practice kindness when warranted, and suspicion when necessary. Indeed, if Reno had listened to her own inner B.S. barometer, she wouldn't be fighting for her reputation today. It turns out that former deputy White House chief of Staff Harold Ickes, who ran the infamous meeting, is no fool. He suspended discussions when Gore left the room.