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?
I'm fed up with Bush trying to keep the public favor... If he wants my approval, he should start being a tough conservative, and getting all the things we conservatives want... and I quote... I want the EPA gone. I want the US out of the UN, and vice versa. I want the Constitution strictly upheld and the "shall not be infringed" part of the 2nd amendment ahered to. I want Clinton et al invetigated properly and charged for treason and murder. I want the US to start bombing IRAQ, and any other country involved. That's just a start.... 74 posted on 1/4/02 12:15 PM Pacific by goodieD
Ashcroft likes being favored among his religious contemporaries, don't ya think? In fact, Ashcroft pointedly insisted that prayers not mention Jesus, in order to be inclusive of all the religions in the office. Who is he more concerned about pleasing? Jesus, or the jews in his office?
I see it this way... they're all in it together. And I can promise you this... when Hitlery runs in 2004, or 2008... she will run, soon... she will be elected. She has so much support in young people, and women, and the like... and Bush is using the war now to get his legacy, and he won't touch the Clintons, or Reno, because their turn is coming up soon. And for the 4 or 8 years he is in office... we won't get significant tax cuts, we will still be in the UN, we will still be fighting environmental extremists, we won't get any gun rights back (might still lose a few), etc. etc.
If all he cares about is if he can win another term, why should I care who is President?
Isn't that what we said about Clinton?
I live in Florida... I don't even want to see Reno run.
Headline from the British paper--
"What the (British) Government's dossier
against bin Laden doesn't say and can't say:
One thing is missing from the document
'proving' Bin Laden's guilt – the proof"
The British people aren't alone on this one.
All the American citizens have to "prove"
ben Laden's guilt is the word of a government
that has already been proven to be a liar.
HUH?
Only my wife and a few other select females know.
I guess so.
By then maybe we can vote for someone that will abide by the Constitution.
Then we can flush.
Hi, sinkspur, I hope you and your's are having a Happy New year.
I can't believe it.
At least we have that horrible ben Laden corraled.
He'll never get out.
You can vote for whomever you want.
If he's from some mongrel third party, you'll be right back here, bitchin' and moanin'.
Happy New Year to you, too.
Oh, sinkspur.
You said your wife was laughing with you.
I hope she didn't read what you said.
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