It can’t be a good day for House Speaker Nancy Pilosi when even the USA TODAY recognizes that there is a problem, Houston.

The speaker may wish to Google or Wikipedia the LOGAN ACT once she brushes the dust off of her recent Holy Week trip abroad. The Logan Act is not new. It dates back to President John Adams and was amended during the Clinton administration in the late 1990s.

18 U.S.C.A. 953. Private correspondence with foreign governments:

Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.

And the NY Sun article reveals even more about the potential hazards that arise from what amount to rookie errors on the big stage of international relations when the speaker related to Syria what she called a “message” from the Israeli government. What followed was a full-speed-reversal by PM Olmert’s people distancing themselves from Pilosi’s remarks and restating their position on Syria.