The Cisneros case isn't closed (Barrett Report)

The Pittsburgh Tribune Review ^ | 1-29-06 | Dateline DC

[smoothsailing]

The Cisneros case isn't closed

Sunday, January 29, 2006

WASHINGTON

For eight years, Clinton Attorney General Janet Reno manipulated and frustrated the laws of the United States.

In 1993, 74 law-abiding citizens, including their children, died in Waco, Texas, on her orders. Nine months earlier, at Ruby Ridge, Idaho, Randy Weaver's son and wife were killed by men following her commands.

Perhaps, with a sense of what is appropriate, Janet Reno last week was the distinguished lecturer at the University of Iowa speaking on the urgent need for death-penalty reform in the United States.

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During their time in the White House and Department of Justice, the veritable "Gang of Three" -- Bill and Hillary Clinton and Janet Reno -- organized and were a part of a successful cabal that enabled a member of the Clinton Cabinet, Henry Cisneros, to evade justice.

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Cisneros, beloved by millions of Hispanics, could have become secretary of the Treasury or even president, anointed by the Gang of Three.

This month a report completed in 2004 by independent counsel David Barrett was made public. It documented the obstruction and impediment of justice that gave the former secretary of Housing and Urban Development a license to lie and cheat.

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The term "made public" is a misnomer; 100-plus pages of the original 400-page report were "redacted" by court order.

Those who claim familiarity with the redactions say many concern the work to squelch the special prosecutor's investigation by Margaret "Peggy" Milner Richardson, a former IRS commissioner and a Hillary friend.

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The Democrats already have geared up their apologists, ranging from Wesley Clark and Lanny Davis to Eleanor Clift and David Gergen, so that the Gang of Three can feel secure.

But not for long. Someone close to Janet Reno is talking.

[johnny7]

“Someone close to Janet Reno”

Were they wearing a hazmat suit?

[smoothsailing]

HA!

[boomop1]

My wife just had wrist replacement surgery, they ask her when she will get the right one done she said when they start ice skating in hell. I believe that applies here, I will be surprised and delighted if this gets legs.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[smoothsailing]

So far, at least.I wonder why Grassley would make such a public statement,though.

Granted, I've never followed Grassley that closely,but I've gotten the impression he's a pretty stand-up guy.Well,at least for a politician,lol.

[SERKIT]

Can an FOIA request trump a judge that redacted portions of the report? What is the appeals process to reverse the redaction ruling? What criteria was used to invoke the redaction? And where's a good leaker when you need one?

[Sioux-san]

You are right - Reno had nothing to do with ordering the black helicopters into Ruby Ridge. Daddy Bush was still Prez at that time. Reno was responsible for the investigation and settlement that followed once she was AG.

[Alaska007]

Daddy Bush?