More information on the obstruction of justice. Quoting, with notes omitted, from pages 552 and 553: ========== While there is an obvious social interest in keeping the stream of justice pure and unimpeded in all respects, this early piecemeal recognition is not surprising. The goal, - to proscribe every willful act of corruption, intimidation or force which tends in any way to distort or impede the administration of law either civil or criminal – has been very largely attained, partly by aid of legislation. [break] It is an offense “which may take a variety of forms.” In addition to the corrupt attempt to influence a juror, mentioned above, obstruction of justice may take the form of obstructing an officer in the performance of his duties, dissuading, preventing, or attempting to dissuade or prevent a witness from attending a trial or testifying therein, suppression or destruction of evidence, or even intimidation of a party to the proceeding, not to mention other possibilities. ========== Some thoughts. I have never heard of a cop being prosecuted for obstruction of justice for twisting things in a questionable a drug bust. But that is not the main point in this thread. The main issue is this. Would the US make it more difficult for a UN investigator looking at possible war crimes in Palestine? Given the tit-for-tat mentality of the US, is it reasonable to think that the US would use threats, veiled or otherwise, to influence witness testimony? Lastly, given the capabilities of the US intelligence gathering machine, if the US had relevant information about alleged war crimes (That’s all it is at this point.) committed by Israel, would the US suppress that information? If the US does any of those things, it is obstructing justice, perhaps not by the letter of the law, but definitely by the spirit of the law. If the US does any of those things, it does not *believe* in the rule of law, except in the most cynical of ways. That’s it for now, but I am about to go off on a small tangent that I consider important. And it ties in well here. The subject will be “Misprision of felony.” I love that term, and it is good stuff when it comes to the intelligence gather capabilities of the US.
Posted on: Sat, 09 Aug 2014 21:19:54 +0000
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