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Operation FALCON: Publicity Stunt?

By Jeralyn, Section Crime Policy
Posted on Thu Apr 14, 2005 at 01:47:26 PM EST
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Attorney General Alberto Gonzales today held a press conference to proudly announce the capture of 10,000 fugitives as the result of a week-long project called Operation Falcon.

Officials acknowledge the decision to provide such a massive show of force at one time was expected to prompt publicity and help highlight the mission.

Blogenlust says:

You don't just find and capture 10,000 fugitives in a week, because if it was that easy, we probably wouldn't have had 10,000 to catch, right? What am I missing? Bueller?

Oh, and wouldn't it be great if we could set up a week long dragnet called Operation FIND OBL. Imagine how successful that would be!

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    Operation FALCON: Publicity Stunt? | 27 comments (27 topical)
    Re: Operation FALCON: Publicity Stunt? (none / 0) (#1)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Thu Apr 14, 2005 at 02:01:21 PM EST
    What a nice, neat tidy number 10,000 is! Rather like, "I hold in my hand --fill in the number of your choice--names of communist, er--bad group of the week." Really? Not 10,001 or 9,999?

    Re: Operation FALCON: Publicity Stunt? (none / 0) (#2)
    by Quaker in a Basement on Thu Apr 14, 2005 at 02:14:21 PM EST
    "The dragnet coincided with Crime Victims Rights Week." How convenient!

    Re: Operation FALCON: Publicity Stunt? (none / 0) (#3)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Thu Apr 14, 2005 at 02:24:36 PM EST
    Crazy how you can just find 10k fugitives during Crime Victims Rights Week! BTW, the blogenlust link is wrong. [Ed. Thanks, I just fixed it.]

    Re: Operation FALCON: Publicity Stunt? (none / 0) (#4)
    by Darryl Pearce on Thu Apr 14, 2005 at 02:25:58 PM EST
    ...does this mean John Ashcroft was doing a bad job?

    Re: Operation FALCON: Publicity Stunt? (none / 0) (#5)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Thu Apr 14, 2005 at 02:51:27 PM EST
    yeah, it was a publicity stunt. whatever.

    Re: Operation FALCON: Publicity Stunt? (none / 0) (#6)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Thu Apr 14, 2005 at 02:57:03 PM EST
    Well, then I guess we should not have captured them ( Is the AG in charge of the hunt for Bin Laden? )

    Re: Operation FALCON: Publicity Stunt? (none / 0) (#8)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Thu Apr 14, 2005 at 04:07:22 PM EST
    Good job LEO's!!!! We apprehended quite a few in Florida as well!! Makes the citizens here VERY happy! Let's face it, a captured fugitive is the best kind of fugitive! Keep up the good work!

    Re: Operation FALCON: Publicity Stunt? (none / 0) (#9)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Thu Apr 14, 2005 at 05:43:13 PM EST
    was dr. richard kimble in that batch?

    Re: Operation FALCON: Publicity Stunt? (none / 0) (#10)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Thu Apr 14, 2005 at 05:45:42 PM EST
    Can you say centralization of power? And as usual someone has already commented that "this is a good thing because it took criminals off the streets." It may look good now....but the shiny newness of it will wear off shortly and then it probably won't seem like such a wonderful thing anymore. The whole thing stinks to high heaven.

    Re: Operation FALCON: Publicity Stunt? (none / 0) (#11)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Thu Apr 14, 2005 at 06:21:40 PM EST
    Centralization of power? using local law enforcement to serve federal warrants - is that new? Really, leave the bad folk on the streets - if they dont have felony convictions they'll be able to vote

    Re: Operation FALCON: Publicity Stunt? (none / 0) (#12)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Thu Apr 14, 2005 at 08:46:15 PM EST
    The story above and another today show that it is becoming harder to avoid culpability in the Age of Accountability. The first involves the 10,000 violent fugitives who were rounded up in one week by federal, state and local law enforcement officials. This is quite impressive considering there is no central database for warrants and the fact that many fugitives turn to identity theft to hide from the law. The second story discusses how it has become harder for the wealthy to avoid paying federal taxes by hiding their money in offshore island tax havens. One factor mentioned is improved information sharing between Caribbean countries and the U.S.

    Re: Operation FALCON: Publicity Stunt? (none / 0) (#13)
    by Che's Lounge on Thu Apr 14, 2005 at 08:49:01 PM EST
    10K? Sounds like a normal day in a country where almost everything is illegal.

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