Staff Reports
In recent news, the FBI is dusting off a few high-profile cases that have been cloaked in mystery for far too long. It’s like someone decided to do a bit of spring cleaning in the middle of fall. Among these are the cocaine story in the White House, the Supreme Court opinion leak overturning Roe v. Wade, and the notorious pipe bombs planted near political headquarters just before January 6th. One has to wonder, what took them so long to get moving on these seemingly straightforward cases?
For starters, there’s the curious case of the White House cocaine scandal back in 2023. Now, one would think that the most secure building in the United States wouldn’t have unauthorized substances slipping past security. The Biden administration didn’t quite feel the urgency to unravel this blunder, which seemed more like a sitcom plot than a serious investigation. The Democrats treated it like it was just idle gossip rather than a breach with national security implications. An investigation that could be wrapped up faster than a season of the latest streaming show was allowed to linger, with no leads presented to the public. Yes, someone left cocaine in the White House. No, it wasn’t the premise of a new comedy-drama.
The leaked Supreme Court opinion ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022 could have been a scandalous sequel, but again, it sank into obscurity. Ensuring the confidentiality of the highest court’s deliberations should be imperative, yet it seemed like no one was in a rush to trace back to the source. This leak wasn’t just your average office rumor; it threatened to undermine the very processes that uphold the nation’s legal integrity. Yet, accountability appeared to be in short supply.
And then there are those pipe bombs on January 5th, before the events of January 6th. Unlike the dramatic retelling of that infamous day as an insurrection, few seem startled by the highly dangerous potential that those explosives represented. They quietly gather dust in folders marked ‘pending’. Given the tumult of that time, ignoring this could be likened to watching a thriller unfold and neglecting to solve the big twist in the plot. These bombs were no doubt planted to incite fear and chaos, yet their investigation seems to have spiraled into an afterthought.
In the light of such events, the FBI’s renewed interest in these cases is both commendable and questionable. Commendable because action is finally being taken. Questionable because it raises the obvious question—why only now? Why did these investigations sit in the basement like forgotten relics? Could it be because the political powers that be thought it less damaging to leave them unresolved?
Ultimately, these stirring cases highlight a pattern of negligence masked as strategy. The ongoing investigations are only a reminder of the inertia that plagued their commencement. It’s perhaps time to ask some hard questions of today’s bureaucracy and demand that they give these serious matters the urgency they deserve. But until those responsible decide to own up or are held accountable, the public will be left with more questions than satisfying conclusions.
