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1、Reflections:TheRobertF.KennedyIKnewInarecentadditionofVanityFair,thepublicationprofiledRobertF.Kennedyandhiscontributions.ThistreatmentofKennedywaslaudatoryasitshouldbe,butitfailedtopointoutachinkinhisarmorthatsurroundsthemythofRFKasacrusadingcrimebusterenfo
2、rcingthecriminallawwithoutfearorfavor.ThepicturepaintedofRFKasanunbiasedlawenforcementofficerisnotentirelyaccurate.Iwitnessedtheslippage,triedtopreventit,andagonizedoverhisbehavior.RFKwasacomplexman.Widelythoughttobeoneofthemostactive,effectiveattorneysgener
3、alinhistorybutthereismoretothestory.Duringhistenure,RFK’sdirectionbroughtlawenforcementagenciestogetherandpioneerednewlawstofightorganizedcrime.However,asoneseniorJusticeDepartmentofficialremarked:“whenitcametomakingadecision,RFK’sfirstcriterionwas,isitgoodf
4、ormybrother?;hissecondcriterionwas,isitgoodforthedemocraticparty?;andhisthirdcriterionwas,isitgoodforthecountry?”DuringhisfirstyearsheadingJustice,hewagedaconcertedwaronorganizedcrimeandbroughtwithhimtheexperiencesofpubliclyinterrogatingJimmyHoffa,SamGiancan
5、a,andothermobsters,whileservingasChiefCounseltotheMcClellanSenateCommitteeonLaborRacketeering.Hewascommittedtowagingafullscaleattackonorganizedcrimethroughoutthecountry,buttherewasamajorstumblingblockinthepersonofJ.EdgarHoover,who--despitetherevelationoftheN
6、ovember14,1957raidonthetownofAppalachian,NewYork,where100majormobmemberswerenabbed--stillresistedthenotionofanationalcommissionoforganizedcrimemembers.TherewasnoFBIorganizedcrimesquadwhenRFKcametoJustice.Sorudimentarywasthegovernment’sunderstandingoftheexten
7、tofthedangerposedbyorganizedcrimethatthenamesofsuspectedmembersoforganizedcrimewerenotedonindexcardsandstoredinshoeboxesintheofficesoftheAssistantAttorneyGeneralinchargeoftheCriminalDivision.RFK’sviewwascertainwithrespecttotherisksposed,andhechosetoassemblew
8、hathasbeendescribedas“anelitegroupofcrimefighters.”Thegroupwasfifteeninnumber,chargedwiththeresponsibilityofselectingareasofthecountrywhichneededfederalinterventioninordertoexposeandprosecuteorg
