All I can think is "insider trading", you know, the crime that if we plebians were caught doing we'd be in jail, but Congresscritters and those in their ecosystem can do with impunity. Maybe I'm jumping to conclusions.
My favorite part about this is the now widespread Hill euphemism "political intelligence". It has ecome de rigeuer that this is simply a "thing that is done". I know a few people who do it as a living.
