The United States is supposedly a country that lives by the rule of law.
If American citizens are suspected of breaking a law, even inadvertently, they
face prosecution (Some estimate that we all violate at least three federal
statutes every day). They potentially face a court battle, large legal fees,
time off work, job loss, and damaged reputations even in the face of a not
guilty verdict.
Many Federal and State laws govern the conduct of government agencies and their
employees. The government and its employees are expected to live by the same
rule of law as you and I.
Executive Branch agencies translate law into reams of supposedly usable
statutes. Those rules are required by law to be sent to the Congress for
potential revision before being implemented.
A recent study of the 4000 rules written by the federal government since 2012
shows that 1800 of those were never sent to our elected representatives for
review. Consequences: none.
Federal record keeping laws require permanent archiving of agency communications
with backup. Many agency employees have not complied. The IRS and other agencies
have been proven to ignore these laws. Consequences: None
The CIA has finally admitted that it hacked into the computers of Senate
staffers, "I believe in violation of the constitutional separation of powers,"
said Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-CA). Consequences: apology, thus far.
The IRS is legally required to keep individual tax information private and
secure and to act in a non-political way. Violation of this has been proven by
Congressional. Consequences: acting IRS commissioner retired early, Lois Lerner
retired.
Crime in government is revealed daily, but government law-breakers get unequal
protection from unions and Civil Service rules.
Protection for the American People from their government: none!
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