Time: Thu Aug 07 13:54:03 1997 by usr08.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id IAA14297; Wed, 6 Aug 1997 08:47:52 -0700 (MST) Date: Wed, 06 Aug 1997 08:46:53 -0700 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLS: Reno's fatal loss of credibility (fwd) <snip> > >Janet Reno's fatal loss of credibility > >by Mark Levin > >Should Attorney General Janet Reno oversee an investigation of Filegate? >No. In fact, she should resign. > >Since the early days of her tenure, Miss Reno has been far too eager to >use her law enforcement and legal authority to advance the political and >personal agendas of the Clintons. For instance, in August 1993, I wrote >Miss Reno asking her to appoint a special counsel to investigate the >White House Travel Office firings. Her assistant attorney general in >charge of the Criminal Division, John Kenney, replied that no such >appointment was warranted. > >Of course, we now know that instead of concerning itself with obvious >White House abuses - including misusing the FBI and the first lady's >role in the firings -Miss Reno's Criminal Division was busy building a >phony criminal case against Billy Dale, the Travel Office's former >director. As is well know, a jury found Mr. Dale innocent of all charges >in less than two hours - a complete repudiation of the Justice >Department. And only a few months ago - nearly three years after the >Travel Office scandal first broke - did Miss Reno ask that an >independent prosecutor, namely Kenneth Starr, investigate the Travelgate >matter. > >Miss Reno's Justice Department also all but ignored evidence of an >earlier file-tampering scandal at the State Department. It seems that >some high-level Clintonoids retrieved and reviewed the personnel files >of former Bush political appointees who had worked at the State >Department. Apparently information from at least two of the files was >leaked to The Washington Post. Although the State Department's inspector >general found this conduct likely violated the Privacy Act, the Justice >Department chose not to pursue the matter. > >Moreover, Miss Reno resisted appointing a special counsel to investigate >the Whitewater affair. >Indeed, not until public pressure forced Bill Clinton himself to ask >Miss Reno to appoint a special >counsel did she finally relent. > >How many taxpayers are aware that the Justice Department has filed one >brief after another in >support of Mr. Clinton in the Paula Jones sexual harassment suit? Mr. >Clinton insists that his election >to the presidency insulates him from lay-suits charging him with >misconduct, even where the alleged >misconduct occurred when he was governor of Arkansas. Every federal >court that has reviewed the >president's preposterous claim has rejected. But Mr. Clinton's real >objective is purely political, i.e., to >delay the Jones case until after the November election. Yet the Reno >Justice Department is using the >resources and credibility of the United States government in support of >this outrageous ploy. > >And there's more. Independent Counsel Donald Smaltz is busy >investigating former Agriculture >Secretary Mike Espy and his ties to, among other things, Tyson Foods >Inc. The Tyson family and >Mr. Clinton are longtime political bedfellows. When Mr. Smaltz sought >Miss Reno's approval to >expand his investigation to cover additional areas of possible >criminality, Miss Reno refused. Mr. >Smaltz had to go over Miss Reno's head and ask for the authority from a >federal court which >consented. > >When Mrs. Clinton's Health Care Task Force - which included scores of >her special-interest friends - >was sued for, among other things, conducting secret meetings in >violation of federal law, lawyers from >Miss Reno's Justice Department defended the practice. Their trial >tactics were o thoroughly detestable >that federal Judge Royce Lamberth, an outstanding judge know for his >wisdom and tolerance , was >compelled to criticize the United States attorney to investigate whether >top Clinton administration >officials has perjured themselves. > >A few years ago, Miss Reno also surprised many when she appeared in New >Jersey campaigning for >then-Gov. James Florio. Previous attorneys general refused to involve >themselves in elections for they >realized that their role as American's top law enforcement official >could be compromised if they were >seen as political partisans. (Miss Reno's political efforts fell short >anyway, Mr. Florio was defeated by >Christine Todd Whitman. > >And now Newsweek reports that Deputy Attorney General Jamie Gorelick, >considered the power >behind Miss Reno's throne, has set up some kind of campaign "war room" >in her Justice Department >office, not unlike the quick response team at the White House. This, >too, is a first. Precisely what are >the lawyers assigned to the Justice "war room" doing, and with whom are >they at "war"? Meanwhile, >Mrs. Goreslick's former lawfirm -Miller, Cassidy, Larroca and Lewin - is >representing Craig >Livingstone, the man at the center of the Filegate scandal. Shouldn't >Mrs. Gorelick recuse herself >from this matter? > >Most distressing, however, is Miss Reno's decision to conduct an >internal investigation of the FBI's >role in the Filegate scandal - perhaps the most dangerous of Clinton >scandals. > >Miss Reno could have asked the federal court to expand Independent >Counsel Starr's investigative >mandate to enable him to independently uncover the facts. She did not. >Miss Reno could have >administratively appointed her own special counsel to head the >investigation, as was done during >Watergate. She did not. Instead, the Justice Department she heads - >which includes the FBI - will >investigate its own conduct and that of the White House. No way. I think >it's time Miss Reno >resigned. > > >-> Send "subscribe snetnews " to majordomo@world.std.com >-> Posted by: kalliste@aci.net (J. Orlin Grabbe) > > > ======================================================================== Paul Andrew Mitchell : Counselor at Law, federal witness B.A., Political Science, UCLA; M.S., Public Administration, U.C. Irvine tel: (520) 320-1514: machine; fax: (520) 320-1256: 24-hour/day-night email: [address in tool bar] : using Eudora Pro 3.0.3 on 586 CPU website: http://www.supremelaw.com : visit the Supreme Law Library now ship to: c/o 2509 N. Campbell, #1776 : this is free speech, at its best Tucson, Arizona state : state zone, not the federal zone Postal Zone 85719/tdc : USPS delays first class w/o this As agents of the Most High, we came here to establish justice. We shall not leave, until our mission is accomplished and justice reigns eternal. ======================================================================== [This text formatted on-screen in Courier 11, non-proportional spacing.]
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