Illegally Funding the Rebels.

No, no. It's not Reagan and the Nicaraguan Contras.

It's Ms. Clinton, and the Libyan Rebels. Seems, despite her legal degree and working qualifications pre-partnership with Bill, America might indeed be legally overstepping once again:

Recognition by the United States (and other countries) of the NTC as the "legitimate governing authority" of Libya is especially unusual under international law because the NTC does not control all of Libyan territory, nor can it claim to represent all of the Libyan people. Indeed, as a general rule, international lawyers have viewed recognition by states of an insurgent group, when there is still a functioning government, as an illegal interference in a country's internal affairs.

Recognition of the NTC while the Qaddafi regime still controls extensive territory and exercises some governmental functions also raises other legal and practical problems, such as which group bears the responsibility for Libya's treaty obligations. For example, does the Qaddafi regime still have international obligations under the Vienna Conventions on Diplomatic Relations and Consular Relations to protect foreign embassies or to provide consular access to captured foreign nationals, such as members of the press? Will the United States enter into diplomatic relations with the NTC? No doubt these are among the "various legal issues" that Secretary Clinton says the State Department is working through.

This making-it-up-on-the-fly approach to legal matters in both domestic and foreign policy is unbecoming a nation as great as ours. Too bad these legal academics -- Clinton and Obama -- think things like laws and ethics are passe in our wonderful technological times.

Just remember, folks: Do Unto Others As You'd Have Done to You. Plenty of foreign money out there could be used to overthrow, or illegally influence, our way of living here at home. And you know darn well, we'd recognize the illegality of such strategies then.

Clean it up, kiddos. We are watching, even if some parts of the media right now are wrapped up only in reporting the trivial...

ADDED:
Musical interlude: Rebels been rebels, since I don't know when...

As we taxied down the runway
I could hear the people shout:
They said, "Don't come back here Yankee"
But if I ever do
I'll bring more money
Cause all she wants to do is dance