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Are Obama's Ethics Rules More Trouble Than They're Worth?

That might depend on how much wiggle room he's left himself.

Yesterday the transition team announced its full list of lead-agency reviewers. Politico promptly noted that one member of the health and human services team might violate Obama's non-lobbyist rules, which he unveiled Tuesday, though the transition office says that's not the case. The NYT also notes some reviewers' dubious K Street ties. 

Surely to be continued...

--Seyward Darby