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?
Valid, legitimate military is a function of using force in self-defense.
To: malador
Don't mean to interrupt ...
but what part of her saying
PLEASE DON'T TALK TO ME ..
did you not understand??
# 1266 by Mo1
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Excuse me for interupting your interuption,
but that makes four people now
that that particular poster told "Don't talk to me!"
Anyone who doesn't want to be talked to
can stop the talk by leaving the thread.
This poster makes comments on the topic,
and then tells others to shut up.
Leave the thread if you don't want to talk.
I don't totally disagree with you .. both where are you going to put them all .. we don't have enough jails as it is
To: exodus
Valid, legitimate military is a function of using force in self-defense.
# 1282 by Zon
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True, Zon.
Invalid, illegitimate force is not self-defence, however.
The Branch Davidians were murdered by our military.
Every time that armed, masked soldiers break into a house
in the name of the "Drug War," our military is being used
in an invalid, illegitimate, and un-Constitutional way.
An insane troll. That's getting better. Good one. Would you summon Nurse Cratchett for me?
ROTFLMAO!!!!
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What? ...You're still claiming a newbie stance? You should have weaned off being a newbie months ago.
I could be wrong .. but I believe the poster I posted to first insulted her and a few other as a matter of fact ..
OH GEEZZZ ... this is ridiculous ... FORGET IT
Well I'm glad you had a good laugh .. but what's your point??
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