We love it when we can throw the red flag on folks who violate the Logan Act.  We love it even more when it involves Jimmy Carter.  And we love it even most when, for evidence, we can cite National Public Radio.  Here’s Daniel Schorr on “Things Considered”:

The Logan Act bans unauthorized U.S. citizens from negotiating with a foreign government. It was passed in 1799, and there are no recorded prosecutions under the law. Why is it an issue now? Two words: Jimmy Carter.

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By the way, where does the White House stand on all this Carter foreign policy freelancing?

From Wednesday’s press briefing with Dana Perino:

Q Thank you, Dana. Two questions. The AP in Kuwait quotes Secretary of State Rice as saying, “The United States is not going to deal with Hamas. And we had certainly told President Carter that we did not think meeting with Hamas was going to help.” And my question: Since the result of this telling was that Mr. Carter proceeded directly to violate this U.S. policy and meet with these terrorists, what is President Bush prepared to do to put an end to this one-man defiance of our policy which so gratified the terrorists?

MS. PERINO: Well, former President Carter is a private citizen, and he made a decision to not comply with what the State Department asked him to do. What I think the President would focus on is, if you go back to what reportedly Hamas said to former President Carter, that they were willing to take these steps for peace, that the very next day, that they went ahead and murdered many people at the Gaza crossing. And I think actions speak louder than words, and we remain very concerned about the situation. That’s why Secretary Rice was in the region.

Q If the President, as our nation’s chief law enforcer, fails to order Mr. Carter’s passport revoked, how many more people like Carter may want to plot U.S. policy in this regard, do you imagine?

MS. PERINO: I don’t know, you’ll have to take a national survey.