Vulture or Watchdog? | Richard W. Rahn | Cato Institute: Commentary

Vulture or Watchdog? | Richard W. Rahn | Cato Institute: Commentary: "Congress has passed a number of whistle-blower statutes, including the 'financial-reform bill,' to protect government and private-sector employees from retaliation when reporting the misdeeds of their superiors. Yet, the staff of members of Congress — precisely the people who are most likely to know about political corruption — enjoy no such protection.

Congress, under the guise of 'campaign-finance reform,' has repeatedly tried to find constitutional ways of limiting the free speech of real and potential opponents. What is even more remarkable, some members of Congress are not content with just trying to protect themselves, but have gone so far as to try to protect corrupt foreign leaders from those who may wish to expose their wrongdoing."