Political Quotes

“That is right, that is exactly what is going on. When we first heard a response from Janet Reno of the Justice Department, she indicated that she could not comment because of an open case. Now what we are hearing is, oh, since the CIA has decided that indeed it would hold an investigation by way of the Inspector General, she is now saying that she supports that investigation and would await the results, the results of which we are supposed to get in 60 days. Why an investigation, why must we insist on this? People say but you have done this before, you had investigations before. Let us take a look for a moment at what happened. In 1988 one 1988 investigation by a U.S. Senate subcommittee ran into a wall of official secrecy at the Justice Department. In that case congressional records show Senate investigators were trying to determine why the U.S. attorney in San Francisco, Joseph Rosanello, had given $36,000 back to a Nicaragua cocaine dealer arrested by the FBI. The money was returned, court records show, after two Contra leaders-- unbelievable--two Contra leaders sent letters to the court swearing that the drug dealer had given the cash to buy weapons for guerrillas, had been given the cash to buy weapons for guerrillas. Rosanello said it was cheaper to give the money back than to disprove that claim.”