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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Hey Fred, Do you mean that she is a DOJ spy ? Now, that would be reason for concern.
palo, let me get this straight, you and BeAChooser have a better and more thorough understanding of Clinton, his corruption and democrats than the Presidnet of the United States of America has ? Is that what you are saying ? The President with a BS from Yale, an MBA from Harvard, the son of a President, a former Governor of Texas, a former Major League Baseball owner doesn't have the grasp on the situation that you and BeAChooser have ? Is that a fact ?
Well my response is NO EXCUSES ...
and to point out that by the time Bush finally gets around to filling all the positions there will probably be nothing left to prosecute because the DOJ will have rolled over on everything important. For example, today in a CIVIL suit LORAL was fined $14 million dollars for their activities in Chinagate ... in exchange for the DOJ agreeing not to pursue them CRIMINALLY. They got off with LESS than a slap on the wrist (remember, the CEO of Loral gave the DNC over half a million in contributions in ONE YEAR) for TREASON. And I see NO INDICATION that ANY of these matters are even being INVESTIGATED. Bush does not have to fill all the positions to INVESTIGATE. As far as I'm concerned, this is just another "move-on" EXCUSE.
Palo .. Sweetie .. as much as I would enjoy Clinton behind bars .. it's not going to happen REGARDLESS who is President .. the people of this country will not put a former president behind bars .. so it's not a matter of the rich and powerful
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