Time: Thu Feb 06 17:34:21 1997 by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA28636; Fri, 7 Feb 1997 12:55:21 -0700 (MST) Date: Fri, 7 Feb 1997 14:54:44 -0500 (EST) id sma016016; Fri Feb 7 14:54:40 1997 Originator: drctalk@drcnet.org From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] To: Multiple recipients of list <drctalk@drcnet.org> Subject: "Agency of Fear" all over again? >Date: Thu, 06 Feb 1997 17:12:59 -0800 >From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] >Subject: "Agency of Fear" all over again? > >Janet Reno is no longer Attorney General, >as a matter of law, as of her refusal to >produce credentials in response to a proper >Freedom of Information Act request for >same. Hence, she can no longer delegate >authority to anyone. If McCaffrey is >below her in the chain of command, then >he has no authority either, because Reno >cannot delegate any authority which she >does not now possess as a matter of law. > >/s/ Paul Mitchell > > > >At 10:02 AM 2/7/97 -0500, you wrote: >>Aaron D. Wilson wrote: >>> >>> This is an interesting little item from this weeks issue of Newsweek. I >>> suggest people make reference to Edward J. Epstein's "Agency of Fear," to >>> get a little historical context for this sort of thing. Of course, I could >>> just be being paranoid... >>> >>> "Looking for More Control" >>> >>> A turf battle is brewing between White House officials and the >>> Justice Department over the drug war. In what Justice officials call a >>> brazen power grab, drug czar Barry McCaffrey is floating a proposal that >>> would allow him to reassign drug agents aound the country and give him >>> greater operational control over the drug fight. Justice officials, moving >>> to quash the plan, say such powers have no place in the executive office >>> of the presidency. "It's shades of the political police," said a Justice >>> official. "It's not something we need in an administration that's been >>> accused of politicizing law enforcement." A spokesman for McCaffrey say's >>> he's only trying to clarify existing authority. >>> >>> >From Newsweek Magazine, 2/10/97.. >>> >>> (author's note: Yeah right. The McCzar just wants to "clarify >>> existing authority." Suurrre...). >> >>This is exactly the kind of thing to be concerned about. A President >>Clinton, beset with a morass of legal problems, gives McCaffrey more >>authority and allows him to continue to take the WOD heat. McCaffrey >>will take the ball and run with it. Our beloved Drug Czar may be an >>honest man, but, he is used to completing assigned tasks. He does not >>want to fail as the WOD leader. All of this is IMHO. >>Art Sobey >> >> ==================================================================== [Text is usually formatted in Courier 11 non-proportional spacing @] [65-characters per line; .DOCs by MS-WORD for MS-DOS, Version 5.0B.] Paul Andrew Mitchell, B.A., M.S., email address: pmitch@primenet.com Web site for the Supreme Law Firm is URL: http://www.supremelaw.com Ship to: c/o 2509 N. Campbell, #1776, Tucson, Arizona state [We win] We can decode all your byte streams, spaghetti code notwithstanding. Coming soon: "Manifesto for a Republic" by John E. Trumane ie JetMan ====================================================================
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