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Albeit ill-gotten gains, if this lands in Wikileaks’ hands it’ll be fascinating.


You'd never see any of it. Depending upon who it damages, it either (a) wouldn't be published, or (b) it would be suppressed by media outlets for violating some obscure policy.


I think both of those are invalid if we're talking about WikiLeaks, no?


You don't think WikiLeaks is selective about what it leaks?


a: no, b: yes.


I bet it won't be, cause it's congress.

I'm no small stater, but we need to find a way to put the interesting stuff back in democratic control...like a parliamentary system that recognizes executive vs legislative division is a bad idea.


It’s not just Congress, it’s Nancy Pelosi.

Mitch McConnell’s documents would be similarly interesting.

I’d love to see how these two speak to their donors and each other vs how they speak to the public, for example.


> I’d love to see how these two speak to their donors and each other vs how they speak to the public, for example.

All you need to do is look at the stimulus bill. It's full of "I'll give you this if you give me that" items.


I am kind of curious about that. Are they allowed to use the same computer for official business and campaign work? I know a fuss was made in the past about someone using the wrong phone in the White House. In theory donor interactions should be done on non-publicly funded devices. Though I doubt that actually stops them. I am curious what policy actually states.




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