Comments on: Opinion: Do we need Special Prosecutors in the UK?

By: Antony Hook

Antony Hook — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 20:14:16 +0000

America needs special prosecutors system partly because the US Attorneys (Federal prosecutor) are appointed by the Administration and are seen as quasi-political.

Getting appointed as a US Attorney is sometimes a first step of a further political career. Ask Rudi Guilliani.

But as Duncan points out Kenneth Starr was a completely political figure whose investigation was circus that did not much for justice and ruined the lives of several innocent people.

Here, I I’m not aware of any significant concern that the CPS, as the national public prosecutor, is politically biased.

However, vigilance remains, as ever, the price of freedom.

By: Tom Papworth

Tom Papworth — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 16:38:18 +0000

“There may well be legitimate questions about why it was necessary to mount a dawn raid. A Prime Ministerial aide is hardly likely to be a serious flight risk…”

Why it had to be at dawn I’m not sure, but the reason for a raid (i.e. turning up unexpectedly) was that they wanted to avoid the possibility that she would start a large bonfire in her back garden, using her files for kindling and her hard drive as a core around which to build up the wood.

Not that I am suggesting that this was her plan, but they had a duty to be sure.

By: Duncan Borrowman

Duncan Borrowman — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 08:23:10 +0000

And the Starr Report wasn’t political?
Your suggested solution is a non sequitur to the issue (if there is an issue at all).

By: Guido Fawkes

Guido Fawkes — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 23:59:24 +0000

I’m ready to do my duty.