I don't understand what the big fuss is over Congressman Jefferson's rights. I read in the Washington Post that a big to-do is being made over the Constitutionality of the search and seizure. Ok, if they had found NOTHING then I can see why people would be upset. But people voted this *** into office, he took bribes and then was CAUGHT shoving papers around and hiding money in his fridge. I know, I know, I'm a bleeding-heart liberal. I believe the Justice Department performed due dilligence. They've never raided anyone I know despite some unscrupulous activity--and there's any number of people they could bust. They could break up our weekly poker game and take our $40 pot. But they don't because we haven't done anything to make them suspicous. If we did then we would get our asses busted just like Congressman Jefferson. Laws are in place to make us ask if the risk is worth the reward. For me, seeing my friends and sometimes taking their money is enough reward to make up for the risk of going to jail for gambling. Apparently for Congressman Jefferson the reward of hundreds of thousands of dollars was worth the risk of this happening. It happened. It's not like he was ignorant to the situation. Sure he didn't want to get caught but I would say it's safe to assume most criminals have no desire to get caught. The Justice Department did what they were supposed to do and now we have a Congressman, face caked in ***, all over the news because not only did he do stupid things multiple times but was dumb enough to get caught. He's not allowed to come play poker with us.