Posted on 01/04/2002 8:52:30 AM PST by editor-surveyor
There is something very wrong inside the Justice Department of the United States and there has been for some time.
Various newspapers are now reporting that under President Clinton, the Federal Bureau of Investigation was ordered to stand down on various terrorist investigations.
One of the most egregious examples is the failure of the bureau to investigate fundraising organizations like "The Holy Land Fund," based in Arizona, which allegedly funneled millions of dollars in donations to Middle Eastern terrorists.
Although the Bush administration has now frozen the assets of the fund, it was apparently allowed to operate for 8 years despite the FBI intelligence that was presented to Mr. Clinton and then-Attorney General Janet Reno. One bureau source told the press that Ms. Reno felt any investigation of "The Holy Land Fund" would lead to anti-Arab sentiment and therefore was opposed to such an investigation.
As always, Ms. Reno will not comment on any aspect of her tenure as attorney general that is at all controversial.
There is no question now that under Ms. Reno and then-FBI Director Louis Freeh, Americans were put at great risk. The Wen Ho Lee-Chinese espionage case still has not been explained, and the fact that the 19 Sept. 11 terrorists weren't even on the FBI's radar screen is about as frightening as Janet Reno's passion for political correctness.
The current attorney general, John Ashcroft, has made no attempt to examine Ms. Reno's bizarre behavior or update the public about the Marc Rich investigation or anything else. Mr. Ashcroft specializes in looking dour and stonewalling. While Congress is attempting to get documents about President Clinton's dubious foreign fundraising and FBI abuses in Boston, Ashcroft is refusing to cooperate at all.
And this isn't a political issue. Conservative Congressman Dan Burton and liberal Congressman Barney Frank have actually joined forces to try and pry this information from Ashcroft's hands. If that's not amazing, then nothing is.
The truth is that for nearly 8 years, the Justice Department has been corrupt and inefficient. Janet Reno botched nearly every important decision she had to make including Waco and Elian Gonzalez. Time after time, Ms. Reno refused to approve investigative initiatives sought by the FBI. And time after time, Mr. Freeh sat in his plush government office refusing to let the American people know what was happening.
Now Mr. Ashcroft is doing the same thing. There is no reason on this earth why the public should not know the status of the Rich pardon probe. Or the anthrax investigation. And what about Enron, Mr. Attorney General – are you going to look into that? Millions of Americans were hosed while some Enron executives made millions.
How about a comment on that, Mr. Ashcroft?
To: exodus
It's probably because they understood, even then,
that the only vote you have that really means much
is the one you have when you have
the opportunity to serve on a jury.
That's when you get the chance to nullify
some stupid rule that they incorrectly call a "law."
# 1137 by malador
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They understood that perfectly.
The judging of the fitness of a law by the jury
was considered to be the most important check
on the abusive power of government.
Flame away.
Tell me again that it's okay for the government
to steal from a retirement fund,
and doctor the books so that the money shows up
in the retirement fund records as being in the retirement fund,
and also shows up on the record
as an "operating surplus" that can be spent freely.
In private life, that's called a fraudulent activity.
It's even against the law.
Paul is my hero. Do you believe most Americans have probably never heard his name. The news media hide him real well. He's just one of those extreme libertarian, right wing, radical, wacko, nutcases -- like me! Just doesn't get it and can't seem to figure nuthin out!
To: exodus
Please see post # 1131.
Thankyoueversomuch !
# 1138 by Darlin'
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Please see post # 1144 by exodus.
Sarcasm right back atcha' Darlin'.
To: exodus
Paul is my hero.
Do you believe most Americans have probably never heard his name.
The news media hide him real well.
He's just one of those extreme libertarian,
right wing, radical, wacko, nutcases -- like me!
Just doesn't get it and can't seem to figure nuthin out!
# 1145 by BillofRights
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Yeah.
You know,
Ron Paul even thinks that the government
murdered people about Waco!
He even said so on the floor of the House!
The nerve of that guy, telling the truth in public!
My God!
Peggy Noonan is GREAT!!
I've never heard of her before.
Thanks for posting the link, Darlin'.
Taxes have gone through
every check and balance "hoop"
except the most important one.
The people of our nation
have not ruled on these confiscatory taxes.
If put before a jury,
a real tax rate of 50 to 60 %
of a man's income would not be accepted.
Morever, the Common Law in the Constitution states that the jury (of peers) is to be the trier of FACT and the trier of LAW. The judge was only to serve as the court referee, so to speak. Judges had little power or authority. Our government has moved our judicial system out of the Common Law Courts and into Courts of Equity, wherein the judge is the trier of law (criminal cases), and both fact and law (some civil cases). Again, these are extra-Constitutional developments that have STOLEN the power from "We The People" and stolen OUR justice system.
Well no wonder the news media hide him -- can't have him embarrassing all those great Statesmen in Washington.
I must have missed the 67 Republicans in the Senate in 1998.
I recall that the GOP had only 54.
The Democrats allowed Clinton to stay in office.
And more people trust the Republicans right now than the Democrats.
Lots of wishful thinking in your post.
Yes fiat money is "colorable" (not genuine; meant to deceive) money, which means it ain't money. It may be legal tender, cuz the gov says so. But it ain't money. Colorable money is what has given us our colorable laws.
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