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In reply to the discussion: I find it interesting ... [View all]truedelphi
(32,324 posts)Department of [h2][font color=red]Justice. [/h2][/font color=red]
So if he is not above board, then he is going to be picked on.
And why shouldn't he be picked on and criticized? He is damned lucky that he is not being prosecuted.
Among his various failings are these:
A terrible record for allowing whistle blowers to be ignored, punished and then should they arrive at an equitable court decision that might reimburse them and make right their being fired, he has not had any sympathy or willingness to discipline via judicial system those people who hurt those whistle blowers. His Justice department certainly does not make things difficult for those commercial firms or governmental agencies that hassle the whistle blowers.
He failed to have an independent prosecutor to examine the situation of NSA spying.
His total failure to prosecute any leading bankers who were responsible for the collapse of the economy. While the SEC negotiated large fines, the DOJ prosecuted none of those who were guilty of crimes that robbed the wealth of tens of millions of Americans. The failure to prosecute bankers was one example of many where corporate power dominated the DOJ on finance, environmental, labor and other issues. This should have been an era of aggressive enforcement of corporate crime, instead corporate criminals were rarely investigated.
It is stated on other websites that Holder was formerly employed by the very people that let loose the heinous MERS program of Robo-signing of foreclosures. We all know that people of color were the households that lost far more often in the foreclosure crisis, but Holder rarely demonstrates tolerance for poor people of any race, color or creed. This intolerance shows up in his allowing his DOJ agents to prosecute people growing pot here in California, who end up arrested after their property is searched for marijuana plants, all under the DOJ's assumption that no warrant is needed, since Calif's weather is such that anyone can grow anything quite easily. Apparently this means law officials can presume illegal activities are definitely taking place.
He will also be remembered for the mistaken lack of enforcement against war crimes; in particular that torture committed by many US officials during the Bush administration as well as failing to take any action against lawyers in the Department of Justice and CIA who provided legal cover to torture. Rather than blasting the actions of government officials and their activities that led to unauthorized wars and military action, Holder's DOJ provided legal cover for the massive drone killings by President Obama (that primarily killed civilians and non-combatants) and the military attack against Libya, as well as the current war on ISIS resulting in massive bombings in Syria and Iraq.