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by kiterunner2346 2360 days ago
I think it relevant to mention Lippmann's statement on Congressional investigations:

"So bad is the contact of legislators with necessary facts that they are forced to rely either on private tips or on that legalized atrocity, the Congressional investigation, where Congressmen, starved of their legitimate food for thought, go on a wild and feverish man-hunt, and do not stop at cannibalism. "

p. 6, PUBLIC OPINION (1921) by Walter Lippmann

http://wps.pearsoncustom.com/wps/media/objects/2429/2487430/...