…from Laura Goldman writing in Pajamas Media.

Goldman makes the case for Scooter Libby on the grounds that public servants are becoming criminalized:

Even though I am a card-carrying Democrat, I am still for this pardon. Public service lately has become a one-way, non-stop, nonrefundable ticket to a criminal investigation. Those that choose public service are required to have a good criminal lawyer on retainer even before they order their business cards. This must stop for the good of the country. I became more convinced of the necessity for the Libby pardon after President-elect Obama broke the land speed record for presidential criminal investigations by being summoned by a prosecutor even before he is sworn into office.

We, as a country, are the ones that are losing out when we criminalize public service. The best and brightest of our country are refusing to do public service because they do not want to be caught up in this maelstrom.

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