Politicized Justice Is Not Justice
by Steve Chapman
In his zest to purge enemies in the government, Richard Nixon was so thorough that he set out to remove a "Jewish cabal" at the Bureau of Labor Statistics. President Bush and his subordinates may match Nixon for paranoia. Some of them lay awake nights wondering how to keep ideologically questionable applicants from infiltrating the Justice Department's summer internship program.
According to the department's inspector general in a report issued this week, they had some succes ...
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Posted by: davd w pennington
Comment: #1
Thu Jun 26, 2008 3:26 PM
Mr. Chapman displays an ignorance of fairly recent history that destroys the credibility of his article. It is an established, publicly recorded fact that the Clinton administration fired ALL federal prosecutors at the same time, early in the first term. While the fact was noted in the media, it was responded to with a shrug. Obviously, he wanted his own people in those positions. Later, we learned that at least one of the fired prosecutors was going after someone close to Clinton. Needless to say, that investigation was not pursued by the new prosecutor.
Less well known is that the Clinton administration used its power to harrass its political opponents. After losing the Democrat majority in Congress in 1994, the IRS began investigating the National Rifle Association. Over the next 6 years, the NRA spent millions of dollars dealing with the investigation, which failed to find anything amiss at the NRA. The underlying objective was also thwarted: the Clinton administration wanted the membership list. I wonder what for?
When it comes to abuse of power, there is less to be learned examining Republicans, than there is examining Democrats.
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Posted by: Masako
Comment: #2
Thu Jun 26, 2008 5:28 PM
Well, Mr. Pennington, it's the selective firing that exposed the Bush-Cheney game, isn't it? Just ask the voters. And as far as the NRA is concerned, there is no more adept and deadly player of hardball than they, so I wouldn't shed too many tears over their getting a little taste of their own medicine. ......................................................................................................................................................................................................
As for you, Mr. Chapman, you caught my eyes with the phrase: "...and may even believe...". He may indeed.
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