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Wanna know about the history of secret sessions of Congress? Me neither, but there's always one in any crowd, and thankfully the Federation of American Scientists lives for publicizing otherwise unpublished data chunks from the Congressional Research Service about stuff like this. Sample from the PDF file:
Since 1929, the Senate has held 53 secret sessions, generally for reasons of national security. Six of the most recent secret sessions, however, were held during the impeachment trial of President William Clinton. Two of those sessions were in January 1999 to discuss a motion to end the trial and another motion to call witnesses. Four were in February 1999 during the final impeachment deliberations.
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|11.2.05 @ 3:54PM|#
William Clinton
I had to pause for a couple seconds to parse that.
John Owen|11.2.05 @ 4:18PM|#
Indoor fireworks can still burn your fingers.
|11.2.05 @ 6:08PM|#
I thought Julian's Cibo Matto reference the other day was impressive, but John Owen just took it up a notch with The King (of America)nod.
|11.3.05 @ 12:16AM|#
I think that these sessions should be like the selection of a pope - they should wall the bastards in.