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Politics : Clinton's Scandals: Is this corruption the worst ever? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bilow who wrote (2376)	8/21/1998 11:30:00 AM
From: Doughboy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13994

Bilow: Thanks for your response. << Historically, organized criminals in the US have ended up being convicted of penny-ante crimes rather than the big ones. In addition, the convictions start with the small players, then move up the food chain to the big guys. Was it Al Capone they finally convicted of avoiding the income tax? >> Agreed, that's the way the world works, but you only do that because prosecutors ASSUME that the one at the top of the food chain is corrupt and this is the only way to get them. Do you really believe that the "food chain" method of federal prosecutions should be used on the President of the United States? In my view, when it comes to someone like the President, he and his top officials should definitely be prosecuted for crimes that they commit. But you cannot go on a fishing expedition -- waste huge amounts of the public's time, attention, and money -- on the uncertain hope that you may land the big one. That's an abuse of power by the OIC. The OIC is supposed to investigate what he was commissioned to do, in this case whether any federal crimes occurred in the Whitewater land deal. We are so so so far away now from that original commission, I think it's fair to ask whether we have an OIC spinning out of control.