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| Epstein? Russia? Move the DOJ and FBI out of Washington |
| 2019-08-14 |
| [PJ] "Jeffrey Epstein's computers seized during FBI raid on private island " screams the headline in Tuesday's New York Post. It's meant to be a shocker, but are you shocked? Of course not. What's shocking is that this didn't happen ten years ago. The behavior of the federal government in the Epstein matter from its inception to the tycoon/pedophile's death has been nothing short of execrable. The attorney general was "appalled." He should have been, although it's likely little of this happened directly on his watch. But it besmirches the entire organization. That people were hidden from exposure in this most heinous of crimes ‐ they call it "short eyes" in prison for a reason ‐ because they were important or powerful in some way is nauseating. Once the facts are known, everyone involved (adults only, of course) should be incarcerated or, failing that, subject to the public, career-destroying, opprobrium they so richly deserve. This should happen no matter whose ox is gored. (The repellent celebrities that continued to pal around with Epstein after his initial incarceration deserve their own special ring of Dante's Hell.) But bad as it is, the Epstein affair is far from the worst malfeasance of the FBI/DOJ in recent years. That honor belongs to the Russia probe. Epstein, horrible as it is, is largely about the private lives of a certain number of despicable individuals. The Russia madness affected all of us, dominating the public attention since Trump was elected and weakening America before the world for absolutely no reason but to reverse the results of an otherwise legal election. It was a treasonous farce with FBI and the DOJ up to their necks in all of it, as well as numerous other government agencies and officials, but let's restrict ourselves to these two culprits. The real question before us is can these organizations ‐ two of the most crucial arms of any democracy ‐ correct themselves? We don't know. This is supposedly underway. But you'll have to excuse me for being a little bit skeptical that enough of the guilty heads will roll or that the house will thoroughly be cleaned. These organizations are too incestuous and, as my headline indicates, are headquartered too close to the rest of the government in Washington. That means that people involved with justice spend too much time around politicians, media and all the rest of the Beltway players. They are subject to influences they should be far away from. They have friends they shouldn't have. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #5 I loved the last line. Fitting for most judges and bureaucrats. They have friends they shouldn't have. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2019-08-14 13:31 |
| #4 Brennan is th point of origin. Above him is exactly where no-one dares go... |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2019-08-14 12:43 |
| #3 Ref #2:. I would recommend cleaning out the source of the cancer, the intelligence community. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2019-08-14 10:46 |
| #2 I think if you're going to conduct an effective purge you must be willing to get rid of the few remaining honest individuals along with all the bad apples in organizations like the FBI and DOJ. What I mean is: fire every last one of them and start over from scratch. Then go on to the intel community. Maybe painful but absolutely necessary. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2019-08-14 10:37 |
| #1 We don't know. This is supposedly underway. But you'll have to excuse me for being a little bit skeptical that enough of the guilty heads will roll or that the house will thoroughly be cleaned. Guilty heads have not rolled yet. Peter Strzok, and Andy McCabe are suing for the government for unlawful dismissal. James Comey is still running around pontificating from his high horse. Others are still running around despite seditious acts. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2019-08-14 09:41 |