-Caveat Lector-
Why no government murderers, robbers, or
perverts on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list?
WASHINGTON, DC -- The most shocking thing about the FBI's new
"10 Most Wanted" list is all the dangerous criminals who are not on it:
The criminals who just happen to work for the federal government, the
Libertarian Party said today.
"From murder to kidnapping to sexual assault -- many government
employees have committed what would be considered heinous crimes if
perpetrated by ordinary citizens," said Steve Dasbach, the party's
national director. "But curiously, none of those government desperados
made it onto the FBI's list."
On Monday, the FBI released the latest edition of its famous 10
Most Wanted list, which included a frightful line-up of murderers,
international terrorists, robbers, and bombers.
And that's good, said Dasbach: "Every person on that list who
committed a crime of violence should be punished; justice demands it.
But justice also demands that everyone who commits a crime of violence
be treated equally -- even if they happen to be a politician, the head
of a federal agency, or a government bureaucrat."
With that in mind, Dasbach offered a Libertarian version of the
FBI's 10 Most Wanted list: Government criminals who weren't on the
list, but should be.
1. U.S. Customs Commissioner Raymond Kelly. Crime: Accessory to
sexual assault. "Last year, U.S. Customs employees under Kelly's
command ordered 2,797 international airline passengers to strip off
their clothes at gunpoint, intimately groped them, and conducted
humiliating body cavity searches," said Dasbach. "Ordinary Americans
who behave this way are called sex criminals, but Customs inspectors
who behave like perverts are given promotions."
2. Justice Department Asset Forfeiture Division Chief Jerry
McDowell. Crime: Grand larceny. "Last year, the Justice Department
confiscated 42,454 cars, boats, houses, and other belongings -- valued
at over $604 million -- from Americans who were never convicted of any
crime," said Dasbach. "That's theft on a mind-boggling scale, and makes
Jerry McDowell one of the criminal masterminds of the century."
3. Marine Corporal Clemente Banuelos. Crime: Murder. "In 1997,
Banuelos and three fellow Marines on an anti-drug patrol in Redford,
Texas, gunned down 18-year-old Ezequiel Hernandez as he was herding
goats near the Mexican border," noted Dasbach. "Why is cold-blooded
murder not considered murder when committed by someone wearing a Marine
Corps insignia?"
4. President Bill Clinton. Crime: International terrorism.
"Osama bin Laden made the FBI's list for killing 224 people in embassy
bombings -- yet Clinton has killed literally thousands of innocent
civilians during his undeclared and unconstitutional war in
Yugoslavia," said Dasbach. "That kind of mass murder of innocents
should not go unpunished by a civilized nation."
5. Former NHTSA director Joan Claybrook. Crime: Accessory to
murder. "As head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
in the 1970s, Claybrook forced automakers to install air bags, many of
which have malfunctioned and exploded, killing 115 people," said
Dasbach. "If Death-by-Regulation isn't a crime, it should be -- and
Claybrook should be the first person prosecuted."
6. Social Security Commissioner Kenneth S. Apfel. Crime:
Investment fraud. "If an ordinary American did what Apfel and his
Social Security co-conspirators do -- run a retirement program where
the only assets are billions of dollars of IOUs -- they would be in
jail faster than you can yell 'AARP!' " said Dasbach. "Why is the
government's Ponzi Scheme, where new investors are paid with money from
old investors, not shut down like any other criminal pyramid scheme
would be?"
7. Attorney General Janet Reno. Crime: Conspiracy to commit
murder. "Not even the Mafia would do what Janet Reno ordered done on
April 19, 1993: Assault a religious compound with tanks, military
helicopters, and poison gas," said Dasbach. "Yet that's what happened
in Waco, Texas -- killing 69 men, women, and children. Son of Sam is in
jail for committing serial murder: Why isn't Janet Reno?"
8. FBI sniper Lon Horiuchi. Crime: Murder. "In 1992, Horiuchi
used a high-powered rifle to assassinate Vicki Weaver in Ruby Ridge,
Idaho, as she stood in her kitchen holding her 11-month-old infant
daughter," said Dasbach. "You may not like the political views of her
husband, white separatist Randy Weaver, but that shouldn't have given
government employees the right to declare open season on his family."
9. Drug czar Barry McCaffrey. Crime: Kidnapping, false
imprisonment. "Under McCaffrey's direction, 695,200 people were
arrested in 1997 for marijuana offenses, 87% of whom were accused of
mere possession," noted Dasbach. "For this victimless crime, these
people were arrested at gunpoint, dumped into jail cells, and deprived
of their liberty -- while millions of violent criminals were allowed to
run free. That's the real crime."
10. U.S. Rep. Bill McCollum (R-FL). Crime: Illegal telephone
tapping. "Last year, McCollum inserted a roving wiretap provision into
the Intelligence Authorization Act of 1998 -- giving federal agents the
power to eavesdrop on anyone's phone calls without a court order," said
Dasbach. "Unauthorized eavesdropping is a crime: Let's prosecute Rep.
McCollum for it."
So, do Libertarians think any of these government "criminals"
will ever end up behind bars?
"Perhaps not," admitted Dasbach. "But it's nice to dream about
an America where equal justice under the law is a reality. And if
nothing else, if would be nice if some of these most wanted criminals
became some of America's least wanted politicians."
The Libertarian Party
http://www.lp.org/
2600 Virginia Ave. NW, Suite 100 voice:
202-333-0008
Washington DC 20037 fax:
202-333-0072
Have a good Day!
Bard
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