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Bush aids mob cover-up. (Insider Report).(President George W. Bush and organized crime)(Brief Article)
In early December, President Bush invoked executive privilege to nullify a congressional subpoena "exploring abuses in the Boston FBI office," reported the December 14th Boston Globe. The House Government Reform Committee was investigating the FBI's use of confidential informants during its investigation of organized crime.
The committee was trying to learn about possible deals struck with suspected mob hit man Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi and reputed mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger. It was also trying to learn what the Bureau had known about the case of Massachusetts man Joseph Salvati, who spent 30 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. In 1997, a judge ruled "that FBI agents hid testimony that would have cleared Salvati because they wanted to protect an informant," noted the Globe.
To his credit, committee chairman Dan Burton (R-Ind.), who doggedly investigated Bill Clinton's abuse of executive power, has been just as outspoken about President Bush's abuses. "You tell the president there's going to be war between the president and the committee," Burton told deputy assistant attorney general Carl Thorsen. "We've got a dictatorial president and a Justice Department that does not want Congress involved.... Your guy's acting like a king."
True to his word, Burton has continued ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Bush aids mob cover-up. (Insider Report).(President George W. Bush...