Dennis Hastert's Letter to Gale Norton Opposing Indian Casino Expansion

Too late, I fear, our Congress-critters are getting a real good look at the beast they helped create, because that beast is now snarling at them.

Let this be a lesson to all of you.

Any power you give to law enforcement, will, at some point, be used on you or someone you care about.

News Analysis: Dennis Hastert's Letter to Gale Norton Opposing Indian Casino Expansion:

"Below you will find the alleged letter that Dennis Hastert sent to oppose Indian Casino expansion that would have potentially cut into the profits of one of Abramoff's clients. It is dated 6/10/2003 and signed by Hastert, Tom DeLay, Roy Blunt and Eric Cantor.

The subject of the letter -- and its relationship to Abramoff clients and donations to the GOP -- are reportedly the basis for a report that the FBI is probing Hastert. Although, the timing of the ABC News report about FBI interest in Hastert is probably more related to Hastert's public outrage about the FBI breaking into a Congressman's office than it is to the letter, which has allegedly been public for sometime.

In short, Hastert may or may not be knee deep in the Abramoff scandal, but the FBI wasn't very interested in fingering him publicly until Hastert all of a sudden became concerned about the Constitutional separation of powers.

Interesting, isn't it? "