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For the past several days, the press has been trying simultaneously to report stories derived from anonymous leaks, report on the phenomenon of these leaks, and--in the editorial pages--express an opinion about the propriety of the leaks.
Nickles questioned the propriety of "NATO's objectives," calling its goal of "access to all of Serbia ...
The commentariat splits over the propriety of Democratic fund-raiser Terry McAuliffe's million-dollar underwriting of the Clintons' mortgage.
When Clinton's lawyer David Kendall challenged the propriety of these briefings, Starr dismissively replied, "You're asking [about] press policy as opposed to constitutional issues."
But in its absence, we settle for politicians who abide by the rules (like the phones rules), which are devised to cloak impropriety in propriety.