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James Stewart: Justice-Obstructed & Defiled 2/6

2011-07-06 37 Dailymotion

“I do not believe Scooter Libby was freelancing this breach of national security. It’s so obvious that Cheney told him to do that and then of course, Cheney is claiming he was a soldier on the battlefield I think reinforces that. But what is so pernicious about that to me is that it elevates loyalty over the obligation to obey the law. If loyalty is a supreme virtue, then those who have the power, the strongest in a position to command loyalty will rule, we will revert to the law of the jungle.”

James Stewart has won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on the 1987 stock market crash and insider trading. Formerly Page One editor of the Wall Street Journal, he is now a business columnist for The New York Times. Mr. Stewart is perhaps best known for his 1991 book, Den of Thieves.