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If Criminal Penalties Are Removed, What Will Deter Lawbreaking by Political Officials?

The Washington Post's Ruth Marcus today perfectly expresses the consensus view of establishment Washington regarding the exemption which political elites should and do enjoy from the rule of law, and, in doing so, she unintentionally highlights -- as vividly as possible -- the glaring flaw in this mentality.  Marcus reviews the life of Mark Felt, the number 2 FBI official under J. Edgar Hoover who died this week.  Felt is most famous for having been Bob Woodward'