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?
Man, am I glad that you identified me as a troll. Thank you.
That is not true ... yes voting is one way .. in fact there are many ways .. but stating another revolution .. well that is not the answer
To: malador;Zon
Hey Great.
Anybody remember the phone number for Hessians Are Us?
A great little "private sector" outfit.
Wonder whatever happened to them?
# 1211 by catpuppy
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They were mercenary, true,
but they were also military.
"Military" is one thing government is good at.
Government thrives on the use of force
against it's own citizens, or any other citizen,
for that matter.
Gowannnnnnn. Which private company? You mean they've gone and sold off the U.S. Mints?
Oh well, they'll find out soon enough, they just wearin out their grinders, eatin goober peas
Are we talking about the U.S. Constitution? Should we notify Chairman Greenspan?
Which post of mine did I say or insinuate that?
I don't like power vested in government or groups. I like power, Rights, and their corresponding responsibilities vested in individuals. I don't like big government and I don't like big corruption in big government. I obviously have a different philosophy about concepts like government, compelled performance, force, Rights, etc. than you do. That is okay. Yours is more mainstream -- mine is more extreme. Yours is more what IS -- mine is more what, I believe, the Constitution intended.
Catpuppy, my opinions are not uninformed. I have thought long and hard about what kind of world I would like to live in and leave behind for my loved ones. My opinions are based on my life's experiences, as I'm sure yours are. We just do not happen to share the same world viewpoint. Please don't feel threatened or put-off in any way by my posts. I am not trying to change your mind or convince you of anything.
Huh????
I have to disagree, lovely palo.
John Ashcroft has refused to cooperate
with Dan Burton's Congressional Oversite Committee.
He is refusing to turn over evidence relevant to an investigation
into the criminal actions of Clinton and the Justice Department.
When Janet Reno did that, Freepers said that she was corrupt.
How can Ashcroft do the same thing Reno did, but not be corrupt?
Ah, what happened to the guy who went from "may God Bless" to "who gives A CRAP?" from one post to the next? The instantaneous change in tone was so invigorating.
Those people are in office because The People put them there .. It's called VOTING
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