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© 2001 WorldNetDaily.com
You may think Bill Clinton didn't leave anyone off his pardon list but
Webster Hubbell.
Think again.
There are at least two other key players in eight years of criminal
corruption not issued pardons -- Bill Clinton himself and Janet Reno.
I want to second Bill O'Reilly's motion for new Attorney General John
Ashcroft to open a full-scale probe into Janet Reno's criminal cover-up
crusade the day he takes office. O'Reilly, the top-rated host for the Fox
News Channel, author of a new best-selling book and WorldNetDaily columnist,
is the only newsman I know who has been relentless in demanding an
investigation of Reno.
As with her co-conspirator, Clinton, the only problem with investigating Reno
is figuring out where to start. There are so many avenues of official
corruption that narrowing the search to only a half-dozen or so indictable
offenses would be the challenge.
That is, if, of course, there were someone in Washington willing to take this
probe on. Most everyone -- the new Bush administration included -- would like
to see Reno simply fade away into the sunset.
The place to begin digging is in the area of obstruction of justice. I don't
just believe there is enough prima facie evidence against Reno for an
indictment, I believe there is enough anecdotal, publicly available evidence
out there right now to convict her.
Who knows where such an investigation and indictment might lead. Maybe Janet
Reno would choose to turn state's evidence against the man she spent the last
eight years protecting from harm. It's possible. And that is precisely why
there is no will in the Congress, nor in the new administration, to expose
the pattern of obstruction that occurred in the Justice Department under
Reno's watch.
The Republicans won a narrow Electoral College victory to secure the
executive branch of government for the next four years and maintained a tiny
majority in the Congress. They don't want to rock the boat. They don't want
to be partisan. They don't want to battle the spinmeisters again. They don't
want to look mean. They have adopted the mantra of their opponents about
"moving on."
Heck, the new administration doesn't even want to investigate the vandalism
that reportedly occurred in the White House transition. In other words,
Democrats can do anything they want to Republicans, and Republicans will just
take it and walk away.
We witnessed this effect through the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation
hearings on Reno's successor, John Ashcroft. Did you hear the mean-spirited
tone of the questions posed to Ashcroft by the Democrats? Did you hear the
nature of those questions from his former colleagues in the Senate? Did you
hear what Hillary Clinton said about Ashcroft after the committee had
approved the nomination?
She not only impugned Ashcroft's record, she attacked his motivations as
well. Whatever happened to that collegial, old Senate decorum I've heard so
much about?
The truth is, it doesn't exist any more -- at least for one of the political
parties. The other one, sad to say, is still playing by the old rules -- and
getting its political head handed to it on a regular basis.
Collegiality and the desire for political consensus -- no matter how sincere
-- must take a backseat to accountability. Politicians who misuse and abuse
their high offices must be punished. By not punishing obviously corrupt
officials, the U.S. will be opening itself to a pandemic of official abuse in
the future.
That's why, I believe, it is imperative to start looking into Reno's
misconduct in office. It's the best starting place. Somebody's got to do it
-- not because it is the politically smart thing to do, but because it is
simply the right thing to do.
Maybe John Ashcroft has had enough of the phony collegiality after his Senate
confirmation ordeal. Maybe he's ready to show the naysayers that he will,
indeed, enforce the law. Maybe he will take wise counsel from people like
Mark Levin, Larry Klayman and David Schippers, who have spent years studying
and investigating Clinton administration corruption -- all of which has been
covered up by Reno.
I know many people out there in America share my passion for justice. I hear
from them every day. Perhaps if they directed that passion toward the key
players in the new administration, maybe, just maybe, we'd have a chance to
begin cleaning up Washington.
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Joseph Farah is editor and chief executive officer of WorldNetDaily.com and
writes a daily column.
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