The Libertarian Party put out a press release a few weeks ago with an interesting claim about the FBI’s pre- and post- 9/11 priorities,
In an unusual federal prostitution case that has set New Orleans abuzz, the FBI is prosecuting a mother-daughter team who ran a bordello out of a white-columned, Victorian mansion in the French Quarter. …
The agency revealed last week that an FBI undercover team had eavesdropped on more than 5,000 phone calls to the brothel over the past year, and as a result it has indicted the two women and 12 prostitutes on conspiracy and racketeering charges. The most shocking bit of information to emerge: On September 11, the day terrorists commandeered four airliners and crashed them into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, FBI agents were conducting an “investigation” by eavesdropping as hookers arranged sexual liaisons, according to the Washington Post. Even worse, agents continued monitoring the brothel after the 9/11 attacks, Dasbach noted.
Just a classic example of who the distinction between state and federal crimes has almost disappeared. I’m assuming here that the FBI used the fact that money used in this criminal venture crossed state lines, but surely even without the 9/11 attacks the FBI had better things to do than protect some ex-football star from paying $300 an hour to get laid.