The late William F. Buckley, Jr., once famously observed that he would rather be governed by the first 2,000 names in the Boston phone book than by the entire faculty of Harvard. Buckley was prescient and correct about many things, but in this case his wish turned out to be spectacularly wrong: with President Obama’s choice of Elena Kagan for the Supreme Court, Buckley’s nightmare has come true, and the Harvard faculty now really is running the country.

Starting with Obama himself, whose transition team alone included 20 Crimson classmates, there are more than 70 graduates of Harvard Law in the administration. Sure, Harvard has a lousy football team, and its record of reflexive anti-Americanism is second to none, but no mafia racket ever organized more effectively, or with such a baleful influence on the hapless country south and west of the Charles River.  Were it a conventional criminal organization,it would be under investigation by both Congress and the media for its “disproportionate” and deleterious effect on American society.

Even liberals are starting to notice. As my good friend Walter Shapiro wrote recently on Politics Daily:

If Elena Kagan (Harvard Law ‘86) is confirmed for the Court, all nine justices would have received their legal training at Harvard or Yale.

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In the article posted on the Huffington Post written by legal scholar Jonathan Turley, ”James O’Keefe Tweets Info On Wiretapping Case, Violates Gag Order” of January 28th, 2010, the headline makes an unverifiable claim that James O’Keefe is in violation of a gag order. Additionally, the headline refers to a “wiretapping case.”

Huffington Post offers no credible citation for the claim Mr. O’Keefe was in breach of a gag order.  Furthermore, Mr. O’Keefe has gone on record denying claims there was a gag order placed on him.

There are also no allegations of any wiretap plot in the FBI affidavit, and a law enforcement official has conceded that the four men were not attempting to wiretap or intercept calls.  In addition, legal representation for the accused has gone on record stating there were no intentions to tap phones in the Senator’s office.  Thus, the assertion Mr. O’Keefe’s legal matter is a “wiretapping case” is a false one.

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We have been/will be making similar requests of other news sources to correct similar errors.  Some, such as the Washington Post, MSNBC’s David Shuster, and Talking Points Memo already have posted corrections or retractions.