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Bill O'Reilly blasts Ashcroft and Reno for Corruption
WorldNetDaily.com ^ | January 4, 2002 | Bill O'Reilly

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?

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To: Zon
He has been under a lot of stress.
He has to remember what he said.
1,421 posted on 01/14/2002 7:54:42 AM PST by exodus
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To: exodus
Wow, its been a long time since I visited this thread... some threads never die, do they? I'm sorry, can someone clue me in to what I've missed out on?
1,422 posted on 01/23/2002 5:35:21 PM PST by RobertFrost
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To: RobertFrost; Zon
Yeah I enjoyed this thread,
but it seems that it really is dead this time.

Mostly everyone had their opinions set in stone,
but we did cover a lot of ground.

I made Zon mad at me, though.
I didn't mean to,
as I really respect his opinion.

Sorry about that, Zon.

1,423 posted on 01/24/2002 4:17:43 PM PST by exodus
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To: editor-surveyor
What makes you think that all of a sudden the government is going to be honest and own up to the truth. The US government is the largest criminal organization in the world. You think, with great naievte, that the people we elect to serve in government are honest an upstanding, they are not and it is time that we accept that fact. I have no solution except that we must remove the people in government and eliminate the laws that these people have passed.
1,424 posted on 01/24/2002 4:38:07 PM PST by gunshy
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To: exodus
I will not let you take responsibility for my anger (I can create it just fine on my own) and certainly not when I'm not angry. ;^)
1,425 posted on 01/24/2002 5:16:19 PM PST by Zon
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To: Zon
Okay, it's your fault.
I'm a little angel, myself. :^)
1,426 posted on 01/24/2002 7:46:11 PM PST by exodus
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1,427 posted on 01/26/2002 10:56:41 AM PST by timestax
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To: editor-surveyor
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1,429 posted on 01/27/2002 8:17:14 AM PST by timestax
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To: timestax
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1,430 posted on 01/27/2002 8:17:37 AM PST by timestax
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To: exodus
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1,432 posted on 01/27/2002 8:26:54 AM PST by timestax
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To: timestax
The thread that wouldn't die!
1,433 posted on 01/27/2002 11:24:17 AM PST by editor-surveyor
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