That’s a great testament to the state of justice in this country- we’ll, we’re better than Syria or Libya. But at least I can agree with you on that. And for the life of me I don’t understand why people are excited about sealed indictments. Why aren’t they opened and something friggin being done?! Maybe they’ll stay sealed forever- who cares?
They aren’t open yet because they are still growing the investigation out and if they open some then the other investigations will be exposed. Remember most investigations start at the bottom and work their way up - so to get the big fish they have to make sure they aren’t exposed too soon.
Let me tell you a true story.
I had a sailor from one of my ships (not my division we had our own problem children) who was on temporary duty (TAD) on the base order to take a class. He had a shared room in the Bachelor Enlisted Quarters (BEQ). We were home-ported in Yokosuka Japan.
One of the BEQ regulations was that if you weren’t in the room you had to keep your footlocker locked to prevent thieves and trouble between sailors. Another reg was that there were weekly and spot inspections by the MPs, watch standers, and Duty Officers.
Well one day he forgot to lock his footlocker while he was at class. The duty petty officer did a spot check. Procedure required he write up our sailor and call the MPs in order to inventory the footlocker’s content - this was partly to ensure no one on watch stole anything.
Low and behold - they found a few rounds of ammunition, some drugs, and a bunch of keys. The keys were for lockers at the train stations out in the city off base.
Well, now they have more than enough to 1) go arrest him for the contraband and 2) request a warrant for additional searches. I don’t believe they found any additional items in the BEQ....but those train lockers???
Well to get into those we had to take our information and warrant to the Yokosuka police and request a combined investigation. NO PROBLEM say the Japanese police. Now the fun began.
Every locker they opened produced - weapons, drugs, ammunition, drug paraphernalia, and .... more locker keys.
After 3 months they took him to trial in the Japanese court system. He got life in the Status of Forces Prison (SOFA Prison) for running arms and drugs into Japan. If here ever gets out he gets tried by the US under the UCMJ for additional charges not covered in the Japanese trial.
Guy had a real back story with some odd political connections or something. Supposedly had been kicked out of Japan once before but the Navy messed up allowing him to come back due to some political pressure or something. But now he was too far gone.
At one point he claimed he was going on a hunger strike. Now the SOFA prison is setup to ensure that the prisoners get a customary US diet and not the normal Japanese prison fare. So...the Japanese just let him not eat and put him in solitary. They’d go to the door and offer food - if he said no they’d leave. After a while they opened the door brought in a table and put a big steak and potatoes and greens on the table ... and left. They came back a while later - plate was clean - and put him back into his regular cell. Wah-lah no more hunger strike.
Back to the investigation. Here’s the kicker - the Japanese case wasn’t completely finished... they were still opening lockers by the time his case was sentenced a year later. So there were still additional Japanese charges to follow through on as well. Why? They were finding additional people to charge. Some got away after different stages when it was discovered that he’d been a) arrested, b) charged and c) prosecuted. The longer that those are held up the fewer escape the net. Unfortunately Navy scuttlebutt moves too fast sometimes.
The cases WILL come and we WILL see justice - we may find out some weren’t as easy to charge as others.... but the disruption, legal taking of fortunes, destruction of reputations, and elimination of support systems will be rampant. I’m looking forward to it.
You’ve been on a steady negative want since October. Remember how you upset you were about concern trolls dominating FR? You’re becoming one yourself. Keep your chin up.
Sad to see you so down, wish I could give you a hug.
So much positive things are going on now, don't give up. You will see arrests soon. I'm convinced Rudy back on the scene was part of the plan for making this happen.
The corruption was so deep that it has to be done right. I think somethings had to be taken care of (NK, Iran) before the SHTF for the evil SOB's. They are so evil that thousands may have died if things were done too fast. Corruption is World Wide, not a quick fix.
Soon you will be celebrating positive events. (swamp draining)
That is ONE key preliminary action that's done. That gun is cocked and loaded to be fired in each case at the most fitting time. Just because the timing fails to fit our impatience is not the priority.
And, some of them have begun to be unsealed and the guilty are beginning to face the justice system.
But the bulk of that action will take a considerable length of time just because of the numbers. It will also take some time because of some of the status/roles of some of the elite concerned.
And all that obviously MUST BE COORDINATED with a careful-all-ducks-in-a-row confiscation of their wealth.
That’s a great testament to the state of justice in this country- we’ll, we’re better than Syria or Libya. But at least I can agree with you on that. And for the life of me I don’t understand why people are excited about sealed indictments. Why aren’t they opened and something friggin being done?! Maybe they’ll stay sealed forever- who cares?
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Sealed indictments are typically used in prosecuting individuals or criminal networks in cases where revealing names could lead individuals to flee or destroy evidence
Apparently, you care, or else you just want to b!tch. If that’s the case, Rave on and wallow in your defeatism.
In addition to reed13k’s excellent comments, I would add this:
You have a President (finally) who is desperately trying to keep his promises to the people.