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Hmm, i don't know what to think of this new brewing debate that is forming between the Congress and the FBI. Over the weekend, the FBI raided the congressional office of Rep. William Jefferson, D-LA.

House Speaker Dennis Hastert demanded Wednesday that the FBI surrender documents it seized and remove agents involved in the weekend raid of Rep. William Jefferson's office, under what lawmakers of both parties said were unconstitutional circumstances.

"We think those materials ought to be returned," Hastert said, adding that the FBI agents involved "ought to be frozen out of that (case) just for the sake of the constitutional aspects of it."

from Hastert demands FBI return documents

I suspect that the GOP is terrified of the prospect that the FBI might raid congressional offices all over Washington to learn more in the Abramoff scandal (and other matters still under investigation). It almost sounds like Congress wants to be above the law, or have an exception made for them from law enforcement.

On the other hand, this is the Bush Administration we're talking about, and the idea of these loonies who buy into the Unitary Executive theory using law enforcement as a way to strongarm Congress is frightening -- especially with Unitary Executive disciples now planted on the Supreme Court.

I sense the potential here for a titanic struggle.