The impeachment hearings will have served a useful purpose if all they
do is demonstrate that a cabal of unelected officials are fashioning
profound aspects of U.S. foreign policy on their own motion. No statutes
anticipate that the president or Congress will delegate such authority
to a secret working group formed largely at the initiation of
entrepreneurial bureaucrats, notwithstanding that they may be area
experts, experienced in diplomatic and military affairs, and motivated
by what they see as the best interests of the country.
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