Today's lecture will put an example of practical supervillainy
into focus. A supervillain, by definition, uses their rank, connections, and
abilities to commit massive crime, prevent the administration of justice, or
preferably administer injustice. Now, in the United States, there is a Department of Justice, the group in
charge of law enforcement administration at a Federal level. The Attorney
General in charge of the DoJ is a Presidential Cabinet member and a powerful
figure in the interpretation and enforcement of the laws of the land.
As such, assignment of the position to a corrupt and/or
criminally incompetent person would seriously compromise any attempts to retain
the rule of law across the USA. As of this writing, the current holder of that
position has done his best to turn the DoJ into the Department of Injustice. Appointing a corrupt public official to a position involving legal matters is the very incarnation of regulatory capture.
The list is certainly something worthy of a Bond villain
more than an equitable arbiter. Some noteworthy events:
-Mexican drug cartels were armed by US law enforcement.
-Spying was performed upon all manner of political groups.
-There is a failure to prosecute the admission of nearly a
trillion dollars with of money laundering for criminal and terrorist groups by mega-bank
HSBC.
-The latest scandal, surveillance on even mainstream media reporters, is merely the icing on the cake.
This is no isolated case, either. Neocon remnants of the
Bush years linger on like a bad hangover. Interventions (overt and covert)
continue. With due process free drone assassinations, indefinite detection on
no evidence, blanket legal immunities for political and corporate leaders, and a
growing gap between the rich and poor, what could possibly go wrong?
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