-Caveat Lector-
Washington Times
January 12, 2001
The Reno smoking screen
By Bill O'Reilly
Outgoing Attorney General Janet Reno recently told a
reporter she has no plans other than to drive her new pickup
truck back to her home in South Florida. The reporter nodded and
grinned like the sapling he is. If I had cornered Miss Reno I
would have said, "Wait a minute, Madame. What about all those
ongoing investigations you couldn't comment upon?" Let's see,
there was the foreign money coming into the Clinton campaign in
1996. There was Wen Ho Lee and the looting of U.S. nuclear
secrets. There was the Waco stuff and the Elian Gonzalez matter,
and on and on and on. Miss Reno could never really get specific
about any of it because all of it was under investigation, you
see.
Of course, this is bull feathers, but Miss Reno will likely
get away with it. There is no clamor from our newly elected
president and Congress to investigate the incredibly inept
attorney general. In fact, most everybody in Washington would
just rather see her go away. But not me. I'm really, really
angry, and I hope you are, too.
Government corruption simply cannot be tolerated in the
United States, yet it seems as if we accept it all the time.
Investigators like David Shippers, Charles Labella and FBI chief
Louis Freeh have all raised questions about Miss Reno, so why
isn't it automatic that her conduct in office be investigated?
The reason is that such an investigation could turn out to
be very messy. It is entirely possible that Janet Reno obstructed
justice. But the powers that be in both parties really don't want
to deal with that because it would open many doors that could
embarrass the United States.
There is also another thing in play here. Most of the
American people don't care about the issue. Less than 50 percent
of eligible voters showed up in November, and I think it's safe
to say that a pop quiz on the tenure of Janet Reno would bring
very low grades nationwide. Most Americans simply can't be
bothered to contemplate whether or not the federal government is
corrupt, as long as there is plenty of bread on the table and
circuses on the tube.
That's the reason Alan Greenspan and his Federal Reserve
Board gang get to live in the shadows, as well. Here is the most
powerful man in the world, who is appointed by the president and
paid by tax dollars � yet, he will not even hold a press
conference to explain his economic decisions, decisions that can
ruin people. This guy is allowed to do whatever he wants with no
explanation. His four-year term as Fed chairman is a no-cut deal.
He cannot be fired.
This is frightening. There is no question that Mr. Greenspan
made a horrendous mistake by not cutting interest rates in the
fall. That mistake cost Americans trillions of dollars in their
portfolios. Why was the mistake made? We'll never know. Mr.
Greenspan is accountable to no one.
This is not the kind of government I want. Call me a
dreamer, but I would like a government that holds public servants
accountable for their actions. Janet Reno has plenty of
explaining to do. Once she's out of office, she should be called
before Congress to specifically detail every one of her
controversial decisions. All of us in this country should demand
that.
But when I asked President-elect George W. Bush whether his
administration was going to investigate Miss Reno, he waffled.
Not good. We need answers, Mr. Bush. It is our right as citizens
to have them.
As for Mr. Greenspan, forget it. Congress is scared to death
of him. He has destroyed the stock market and can damage the
economy with one sentence. This guy has too much power and does
not care a fig for the working people of this country.
In a perfect world, both Janet Reno and Alan Greenspan would
be put on television and interviewed by Mike Wallace, Sam
Donaldson and myself for as long as it took to get some answers
for the American people. Shadow governing is not what we are all
about here. The American people have a right to know if their
country is being run on the up and up and if their financial
futures are being well looked after. It is time for Mr. Bush to
let the sun shine in.
Bill O'Reilly is host of the Fox News show, "The O'Reilly
Factor."
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