Posted on 12/22/2001 5:06:08 AM PST by Ada Coddington
Bush action gives safe harbor to FBI `terrorists'
by Howie Carr
Friday, December 14, 2001
So President Bush, fighting terrorism abroad, now invokes executive privilege to keep us from getting to the bottom of FBI terrorism back home.
I don't understand. Except in terms of the body count, what's the difference between an al-Qaeda savage on Tora Bora and a crooked G-man in Boston?
A badge, and that's about it.
They both kill Americans or help fiends who do. And when they're confronted, they run away and hide. The Arabs cower in caves, the retired FBI agents sun themselves in Florida.
Considering what we already know about the 30-year crime wave engineered by the Boston office of the FBI, how much worse stuff must there be in those files that we still don't know about?
And now we may never know, thanks to Bush's invocation of executive privilege.
And another thing: If this sort of FBI misconduct has been going on in Boston, which is, let's face it, a Mafia backwater, then what exactly do you suppose the feds have been up to in places like Chicago and New York? We know something about the ``rogue'' FBI agent in New York who tipped off one faction in the Colombo crime family to the machinations of another crew, leading to various rubouts and attempted hits.
Now you have to figure that there's worse stuff out there, much worse.
Why else would Bush wait to do this until the same day that they release the Osama videotape, make the official announcement renouncing the ABM treaty, and come ever closer to finishing off the terrorists in Tora Bora.
Bush and Ashcroft were trying to bury the story.
Not releasing these radioactive FBI files is so important that the Republican administration thumbed its nose at the Republican House of Representatives. Immediately affected was Rep. Dan Burton (R-Ind.) who subpoenaed the documents relating to the FBI's use of informants in Boston dating back to the 1960s.
``They don't want to create a precedent,'' said one Boston attorney yesterday. ``But the problem is, this can of worms is already opened.''
Is it ever. Back in 1965, the feds got word that Teddy Deegan, a small-time hood (and uncle of future Dukakoid criminal Gerry Indelicato) was on the Lucky Strike Hit Parade. The feds didn't tell Deegan he was going to get hit, and guess what. He got hit.
The FBI knew who whacked Deegan, but they still let four guys who didn't do it go to prison for 30 years, where two of them died, innocent men. The FBI dummied up as their own hitman-turned-informant perjured himself, to protect the brother of another gangster they were grooming as their next big rat, one Steve Flemmi.
Osama had a jihad against the infidels, and that justified absolutely anything. The FBI had a jihad against the Italians, and ditto.
As usually happens whenever somebody thinks God is on their side, the bodies started piling up. The FBI's hoods needed multiple death pits to hide the corpses. Young girls were raped, city neighborhoods were flooded with cocaine, the state payrolls were inundated with gangsters. Law-enforcement was subverted - local, state and federal.
President Bush, I believe we have a right to know how a federal agency aided and abetted serial killers.
``I believe,'' Bush wrote, ``congressional access to these documents would be contrary to the national interest.''
But these gangsters and their crooked-cop enablers were going after American citizens.
Howie Carr's radio show can be heard every weekday afternoon on WRKO-AM 680, WHYN-AM 560, WGAN-AM 560, WXTK 95.1 FM or online at www.howiecarr.org.
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Are we surprised?
TERRORISTS: Supposed leader is the spoiled son of a powerful politician, from extremely wealthy oil family US GOVERNMENT: Supposed leader is the spoiled son of a powerful politician, from extremely wealthy oil family
TERRORISTS: Leader has declared a holy war ('Jihad') against his 'enemies'; believes any nation not with him is against him; believes god is on his side, and that any means are justified. US GOVERNMENT: Leader has declared a holy war ('Crusade') against his 'enemies'; believes any nation not with him is against him; believes god is on his side, and that any means are justified.
TERRORISTS: Supported by extreme fundamentalist religious leaders who preach hatred, intolerance, subjugation of women, and persecution of non-believers US GOVERNMENT: Supported by extreme fundamentalist religious leaders who preach hatred, intolerance, subjugation of women, and persecution of non-believers
TERRORISTS: Leadership was not elected by a majority of the people in a free and fair democratic election US GOVERNMENT: Leadership was not elected by a majority of the people in a free and fair democratic election
TERRORISTS: Kills thousands of innocent civilians, some of them children, in cold blooded bombings US GOVERNMENT: Kills thousands of innocent civilians, some of them children, in cold blooded bombings
TERRORISTS: Operates through clandestine organization (al Qaeda) with agents in many countries; uses bombing, assassination, other terrorist tactics US GOVERNMENT: Operates through clandestine organization (CIA) with agents in many countries; uses bombing, assassination, other terrorist tactics
TERRORISTS: Supposed leader has extensive financial ties to Supposed leader of US GOVERNMENT US GOVERNMENT: Supposed leader has extensive financial ties to Supposed leader of TERRORIST
TERRORISTS: Supposed leader invested heavily in US bio-chemical companies US GOVERNMENT: Supposed leader invested heavily in US bio-chemical companies
TERRORISTS: Using war as pretext to clamp down on dissent and undermine civil liberties US GOVERNMENT: Using war as pretext to clamp down on dissent and undermine civil liberties
With more power should come more oversight, but now there is little to none. . .
Benjamin Franklin once stated that anyone willing to give up a little liberty for a little safety, deserves none of either. That statement is as appropriate today as it was when Ben uttered the words!!!!
If the sheeple do not wake up, we will loose [sic] our liberty!!!
I think the difference between us is actually that I will give Bush the benefit of the doubt, because I've seen him grossly UNDERestimated in the past. I admit it, I've been guilty in the past of doubting him myself. He is always thinking 3-4 chess moves ahead of most others, and I've learned to know he's using his head (the one on TOP of his shoulders, not x42s kinda head!), and loves this country and cherishes freedom as much as anyone in this country, and would not do ANYTHING to jeopardize our freedom.
All the above, IMHO. . .Thanks!
OMG. Get real!!!
Thank you bump!
Possible, but not probable. Most of us don't engage in activities which would make us targets of terrorists. Statistically we all have a better chance of getting struck by lightning on a sunny day or winning the Powerball lotto.
---max
Since when is Truth contrary to National Interest,lies, coverups, deceit and hypocracy are but not Truth.
What an incredibly ignorant statement! What would you have done in the same situation you little b!tch?
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