Final FBI
Observations
At the risk of sounding like a Johnny One-Note, I’m afraid
there have been too many developments at the FBI, this week, in cases
critical to its image and integrity for me to ignore them in the interest of
subject diversity.
As I suppose we might have expected, Judge Richard Maitsch
ruled in Denver, Wednesday, that Timothy McVeigh should die, as rescheduled,
next Monday. I must admit to pounding the steering wheel and coming close to
saying something stronger than, "That jerk!" when I heard about
the continuing effort to bury McVeigh…and with him, the truth.
There is something inherently, intrinsically wrong with
prematurely executing a man whose defense was denied more than 44-hundred
documents …papers which could have allowed not only a stronger personal
defense but also a more realistic look into the events that actually
transpired in Oklahoma City on the morning of April 19, 1995.
When the radio reporter said that Judge Maitsch had
exhibited mistrust of the government during the hearing but ruled against
McVeigh, anyway, I almost became physically ill.
Those who remember the "law and order" no-nonsense
federal judge will recall that he refused to allow countless witnesses to
testify on behalf of both McVeigh and co-defendant, Terry Nichols.
Once again, let me repeat. All evidence in the case
indicates that McVeigh was guilty as charged and deserves to die. My strong
objection is to the timing of the execution and the arrogance shown by the
FBI in concealing documents and obstruction of justice. Now that the missing
papers have been "found," one of the few remaining individuals who
could shed light on them and help us get to the bottom of this heinous crime
will be silenced forever by the government, which doubtless has much more to
hide.
How convenient.
This was also the week that FBI sharpshooter Lon Horiuchi, a
national embarrassment, was allowed to stand trial on Idaho state
manslaughter charges in the 1992 Ruby Ridge assassination of 42-year-old
Vickie Weaver.
The unarmed mother was holding her 10-month-old baby on the
front porch of her cabin when Horiuchi’s sniper slug blew out her brain.
He claimed it was an accident.
We commend the federal court for ruling on the side of
righteousness, at least this once. Whether this verdict will be appealed
further up the line to prevent Horiuchi from receiving his day in court and
a fitting punishment if convicted by a jury of his peers, remains to be
seen.
We can’t let the week slide by without further comment on
another 13-year FBI cover-up just brought to light. The government finally
sent two persistent reporters from a small Oklahoma weekly newspaper, the
requested pictures and documents that appear to support claims of a bureau
whistleblower who claimed the Hoover Building in Washington had been damaged
by an explosion in 1988.
The FBI had previously only admitted to a "small
fire" at the facility.
The blast apparently destroyed much of the third-floor FBI
laboratory after foreign-made explosives were accidentally detonated within
the office building, a clear violation of federal rules for the storage and
safe handling of such materials.
Only today, in 2001, the truth begins to leak out. And only
if you follow the day’s events though the alternative media. Once again,
the mainstream media won’t lay a finger on their powerful friends in high
places.
Just last week, I suggested that President Bush consider
appointing my seven-year-old son Joshua to replace the inept outgoing FBI
director, Louis Freeh. How could Joshua do any worse than Freeh, I reasoned.
Today, I withdraw Joshua’s nomination on behalf of Idaho County Sheriff
Phil Jarvis. Here is a man who publicly stated he did not want a repeat of
the Ruby Ridge debacle on his watch and patiently waited out five armed
Idaho children who had barricaded themselves in their home once their father
died and their mother was arrested for alleged child neglect.
I repeat…no casualties. Not even a shot fired in the
stand-off. Everyone out safely. Sheriff Jarvis has already been infinitely
more successful than Louis Freeh, Janet Reno and any of their predecessors
in recent memory.
That’s it. I’m done. Maybe now we’ll let the FBI limp
off for awhile and lick its wounds.