Our Learnèd Legislators

When Julian Sanchez reviewed the transcripts of last week's hearings on renewing the PATRIOT Act, he was struck by "the shameless stupidity of the remarks from grown men who actually get to decide what the law will be. Remember, this isn't what they say to the rubes from the stump; it's how they talk to each other when nobody but the C-SPAN Ocho audience is watching." Examples follow.