He had to leave early - he said there was something happening at the Labor Council.

This is a fishing expedition by the feds. Until anyone proves otherwise, I'm with Brian and supporting him completely.

I've always found him to be an upstanding guy of integrity. Brian's always done the right thing. I am baffled.

You could easily take some aspects of the INS, like green cards, and put that with Labor (Department) because they are more employment-related. Visas could move completely to the State Department.

Beyond the obvious facts that he has at some time done manual labor, that he takes snuff, that he is a Freemason, that he has been in China, and that he has done a considerable amount of writing lately, I can deduce nothing else

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