Phony outrage

Like Nick, I am a bit confused as to what is going on in the minds of our fearless leaders in the executive and legislative branches with respects to the raid on Jefferson's office and the sealing of the documents by Bush. One thing that seems clear, however, is that the only value this congress (and by that I mean the republicans) seems to hold is self protection. All this posturing by the Congress, however, seems to me nothing more than self-interest - all the blather about separation of branches of government didn't mean anything when Bush was doing all the "signing statements". Personally it seems to me that the FBI should be able to raid the office of a Congressperson, as long as there is the proper oversight. But then again, with an executive branch that doesn't respect the rule of law...