Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Neh-Ver Miiiiiind!
Just as we were thinking, "...uh..., can't get fooled again!" here comes more of the same crap—Terro-style.0 comments
Media hypes terror plot, despite the fact no one is charged with terror
Oops.
Looks like the Bush-era holdovers in Eric Holder's Justice Department are fully focused on Business-As-Usual.
Either that, or we're left assuming that folks in a Barack Obama administration are simply the same useless schnooks the George W. Bush boys were.
It's sad that we no longer can believe ANYTHING our government tells us. The loons on the Right are correct about that. It's just that their focus is a tad off the mark. But, they're closer to the truth, it seems, than they know.
Yesterday, it appeared that Holder's troops were doing the right thing—actually bringing a case before a judge instead of shipping some poor moroon off to a Black prison in Poland and touting it on FOX. That's good, we think; progress.
Ummm, but in this ABORTED TERROR PLOT case ("BE AFRAID, BUT WE SAVED YOU—THIS TIME..."), the charges filed were not for terrorism. Or terrorist acts or conspiracies. They were for lying. To an agent. Something we can assume every agent's teenage child does on an ongoing basis.
Oh.
Or perhaps the perp accidentally stepped on the agent's donut. The star's slowly dimming here...
It's looking increasingly as if this is simply a planted story to help law folks look good on a slow news day. Complete with innuendo and blind, unattributed sourcing. Which is always a great mix for Banner Headlines!
As the man once said, "Ya got nothin', copper, nothin'!"
It's true. The Feds appear to have nothing on these guys aside from photo ops of "strong law enforcement in action!"
BOR-ING! That's SOOOO Bushie. So police state.
If this is a real case, we'll assume that real charges will be filed against real suspects in a real court, leading to a real trial in front of a real jury, leading to a real conviction or acquittal.
American people memo to Law Enforcement: Please stay out of the headlines. Your job is to go about your business quietly, without grabbing TV face time. At least, please stay out of the headlines until you've got something. Until you can indict someone on serious terror-related charges, at a minimum. Actually having enough evidence to build a case that's strong enough to get a conviction for a change would be admirable. That way you'll again look like heroes and not like the usual glory-grabbing, incompetent fools.
And the Rule of Law that you swore to uphold would be maintained.
posted by Gotham 12:35 PM
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