24798: Boswell (comment) re: 24792: Walker re: Bribes, etc. -- Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)

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Richard Boswell <boswellr@pacbell.net>

From:  Richard A. Boswell <boswellr@pacbell.net>

Thank you Mr. Walker for that post about the Foreign Corrupt Practices 
Act (FCPA).  I agree with everything except that I have my doubts about 
how far the U.S. will go in a prosecution in this era of perpetual war. 
The U.S. is on a war footing, in a war that is taking precedence over 
everything else.  True, criminal prosecutions roll on in war time, but 
history tells us that corruption is also the great beneficiary in War.  
While lower level officials remain serious about these cases, the 
centralization of more prosecutorial decisions make it more likely that 
prosecutions will not pursued in the interest of "national security."

Richard A. Boswell
boswellr@pacbell.net