Comments on: Operation Pastorius

By: ted

ted — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:57:34 +0000

It reminded me of Catiline’s conspiracy in the Roman Republic. The consul Cicero arrested and executed several alleged conspirators without trial “for the good of the republic”.

He was a little ahead of his time; he suffered for this action. Subsequent rulers were able to kill people on a whim.

By: Miss Cellania

Miss Cellania — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:01:14 +0000

I should write about Jaco! He had the greatest thumbs ever!

By: Shay

Shay — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:56:23 +0000

Oh. I was expecting to read about Jaco…

By: Pol x

Pol x — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:58:19 +0000

Bean,

what didn’t you understand about Gitmo?

Is it just a wooly liberal idea that incarceration without trial legalistically puts the US on a par with the PRC?

C’mon, the US is meant to better than that.

Live up to the legacy of your forebears.

By: Larfin Jackarse

Larfin Jackarse — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:03:23 +0000

And didn’t he wear a dress, was gay yet persecuted gay and made his agents all wear suits? Or is that W?

No, no, no….IT IS A JOKE!

By: Barbwire

Barbwire — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 04:19:16 +0000

What a travesty! So if the guy selected to pilot the next plane into a building showed up at the Hoover FBI, willing to turn over the plans, he’s be shot summarily or sent forthwith to Guantánamo? J. Edgar must have played a formative role in the development of the characters of Bush, Cheney and friends.

By: Ali S.

Ali S. — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:53:08 +0000

Hoover, was an insane power-monger. Who probably used this to boost his position and took the credit for the “capture” of these guys. Ugh.

By: oezicomix

oezicomix — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:44:40 +0000

when will someone make a movie about this? should be a great story on screen.

By: L

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:10:13 +0000

Six were executed? Why?

By: Tempscire

Tempscire — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:11:42 +0000

However, the story made public by J. Edgar Hoover had nothing about Dasch turning himself in. Hoover credited “The detective work of the century,” and all eight men were convicted by a military tribunal.

Jesus tap-dancing Christ.

And I mean, I could understand reporting a bust while secretly stashing them away from the public eye, but to actually follow through with sentencing them? wtf?

By: bean

bean — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:45:13 +0000

Paranoid rants about Guantanamo Bay aside, this is a neat story. I’m surprised they didn’t at least consider employing Dasch as a double agent, considering his willingness to reveal himself to us.

By: Pol x

Pol x — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:45:58 +0000

j. Edgar Hoover really was a blight on the USA.

He spoke platitudes to it’s glory out of one side of his mouth while issuing instructions out the other side that went against nearly everything the US is meant to be about.

Appalling that the current holder of Hoovers mantle uses this shameful event as a legel precedent that he thinks validates Gitmo etc etc.

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:52:45 +0000

I thought this story was really sad. What is wrong with this country sometimes? How could a thing like this happen? The worst part is that this still going on today. Who knows how much their doing it at Gitmo? Defectors and innocents being held without trial…what does our country stand for?

By: * Miss UNIVERSE

* Miss UNIVERSE — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:40:41 +0000

The two men spent 6 years in prison and were then sent back to Germany.

Only after the true information was leaked did the reluctant President Truman commute their sentences.

They were not welcomed back home and were never allowed back in the USA as they had been promised

By: Pol x

Pol x — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:06:03 +0000

This almost makes me want to believe in God.

If there was a god then there would be a devil, if there was a devil then there would be a hell.

If there was a hell, then that sick twisted evil mofo Hoover would be burning in the fires for all time.