Official Washington is agog with something called “Korea- gate,” by which is meant alleged efforts by South Korea to seduce a major portion of the Congress. Most days, indeed, the revelations have come in bunches—flamboyant hearings in the House, lengthy charges and denials, tantalizing sidebars in the media.
Well, so be it. If the South Koreans have been trying to wield improper influence over our lawmakers, we are entitled to the grimy data. Let the appropriate committees investigate, and let the press report their findings. Our legislature, after all, is supposed to represent the American people, and not the agents of a foreign power. Impeccable logic, repeated hourly by the ruling sages of the city. Logic, however, that is peculiarly constricted in its application. It applies to South Korea, it seems, but not to much of anybody else.
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