The late Polish Pope John Paul II always remained a socialist, who thought the US was a dangerous empire. He had been condemning the brutality of the US economy, and didn't like the "shock treatment" of corporate capitalism imposed on Poland and Eastern Europe after the fall of the communists. In his preaching against American excess, the Pope also condemned the militarism of the first Iraq war in 1990-91 and the cruel treatment of the Iraqi people by the Western powers. The Pope sought peace between Christians and Muslims.

With the US government in the early 1990s trying to start running the whole world as the superpower, the US rulers decided the authority of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church had to be destroyed. Thus, all of a sudden, the US corporate newspapers decided to start running newspapers about the "priest child abuse" stories, the same stories that they had been refusing to print for the previous 50 years. All of a sudden, the courtroom doors swung wide open for almost anyone claiming to be a sexual abuse victim of a priest or nun, and now, every such legal case was trumpeted in the media. Victims who had no evidence at all, were now encouraged to come forward even if their stories did not hold water.

US courts, that for years had refused to hear such cases, that for years had refused to grant such victims any compensation, suddenly started issuing judgments for tens of millions, hundreds of millions of dollars against the Roman Catholic Church. Roman Church dioceses filed for bankruptcy, but the deeper bankruptcy was that of the Church's reputation, largely destroyed around the world. People everywhere would walk or drive by an RC church and say, "I wonder if the priest is fooling around with any young boys in there."

The US judges and lawyers who wouldn't help such victims before, now became a great stampede of destruction, scouring for RC church victims they could "help". Was it just a "coincidence" that US judges across the country just all began to accept these "priest abuse" cases at the same time, and all start issuing huge judgments for hundreds of millions of dollars? When these cases and victims and allegations had been around for 10, 20 years and more previously? No law had changed; the only thing that had changed was the political desires of the US judges.

The Whole World Fooled by the Hollywood Version

It's interesting that even countries of the world that have a long culture of critical understanding about US politics, are still fooled by the myths about the US legal system as portrayed by the Hollywood movies. Though much of the world thinks of the US as being governed by war-mongers, ruthless capitalists, etc., somehow people - even people with a Marxist education - don't yet appreciate that the US courts are part of this same political apparatus. Few people think about how 1 out of 80 adult Americans got sent to the US prison gulag.

When I departed from the US for the final time, I slipped over the border at Niagara Falls, about 90 days before an innocent Chinese businesswoman, Zhao Yan, had her face horribly beaten by a goon of US Homeland Security at that very location, on the US side of the Falls. The case of Zhao Yan was followed closely in China, most especially the failure to get justice in US courts, which protected her attacker. The Chinese were stunned, puzzled, and mystified at the inability to get justice via the "great US legal system". Eventually, the Chinese puzzlement turned to anger, and the tragic case of Zhao Yan led to this comment in a posting of Chinese opinion:

- Let's beat up all the Americans in China and tell them it is the war against terrorism.

But it should be no puzzle why Ms Zhao Yan could not get justice. Her tragically beaten-in face, as documented in photographs on the web, should be a vivid warning to the great risks for other foreign businesspeople inside the US.

Cases, Evidence and Media Neglect

You probably would like to hear more about specific cases of US court bribery and so on. Such cases are legion, but because they are almost never prosecuted, almost never covered as "bribery" cases, just verdicts going mysteriously against the obvious facts, the recounting of such cases won't "convince" you if you want to keep believing in the Hollywood version of the US legal system.

Other cases are truly convincing, but still not covered truthfully by the major media, so you can then dismiss them as "isolated" cases. You can go to websites like Victims of Law, which digest many published articles about dishonest judges and lawyers that did actually make it to some media, but such cases are not the real core of big-league corporate bribery. In the big league involving the big multi-national corporations supporting the Bush regime, the bribery is usually so well done that you will never see it described directly.

The US bribery culture is part and parcel of why the 2.2 million people in the US prison gulag cannot count on receiving justice. But beyond that, it is why the risks for foreign business people and companies, and indeed for all foreign visitors, are very great inside the US.

Interestingly, foreign business people do have concrete resources with which to learn the ropes of US bribery. One US lawyer, Teddy Moore, disbarred after he himself tried to question corruption, has actually made somewhat of a living as someone rather like a bribery consultant, helping businesses inside the US to connect with 'The Fixer' in the legal system (i.e., the lawyer who can 'fix it' with the right judges) for their particular case.

Though you don't easily find the term 'bribery consulting' on Mr Moore's "DoItProSe" website, you can read between the lines and see what is afoot there. Given that many US lawyers charge money while doing nothing or even betraying their own clients, Moore's services may be interesting for businesses trying to navigate survival in the US courts.

It is not a pretty sight there in the US legal system, but for those who don't accidentally upset the political powers, it may be survivable for foreign businesses for limited time periods, provided they understand the risks, and that they play the political and financial games in the right way.

But it must be understood that the future inside the US is very, very risky for all foreign businesses and individuals, just like it is risky for US citizens themselves who dare to speak up or to oppose the corruption and oppression.

The aftermath of the US failures in its wars in the Middle East, is that the US may even become much more oppressive on its home territory. In a fit of anger at any country which opposes US political aims, or which even dares to speak the truth about the US empire, the dishonest US courts may quickly take revenge on any citizens and companies and assets they can seize on US territory.

If you are in the US, try not to wind up among those 1 out of every 80 working-age adults in prison there, and don't give up your non-US passport if you are lucky enough to have one.

Dr Les Sachs is the first US citizen received as a political refugee in Western Europe. He lives in Brussels, Belgium, and can be reached at: Dr.L.Sachs@gmail.com

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Comments (2)

1. 01-02-2007 03:53

true

your article is not only factual and true, but actually you have barely skimmed the surface of the boiling caulderon of constitutional sabotage .  
 
Very true and very well written  
 
good !

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