Tim DeKay Quotes
'White Collar' is a show about the unlikely pairing of an FBI agent and an ex-con solving smart, glamorous, interesting and provocative crimes in a sometimes very funny way.
DeKay, Tim. White Collar Press Call. USA Network, 21 Oct. 2009.
The President had just been reelected, and wanted an investigation of the Bank of the United States. The “hydra” was a mythical many headed animal which was difficult to kill.
Barry Bonds was a star professional baseball player whose accomplishments were aided by taking illegal drugs. He lied about his use of drugs, and the Department made a very large effort over years to finally prosecute him. However during that time there were almost no prosecutions of the thousands of bankers and financiers who had lied, cheated, forged legal documents and in the process almost permanently ruined the American economy—the Great Recession of 2008. The Justice Department claimed that white collar cases are very complex and take longer to prepare prosecutions. Critics claimed that there are so many law breakers, that the government does not want to prosecute all the felons, but just go after a few, and this is easier if time has gone by and public anger has receded or been forgotten.
He observes that in the early history of America, we were major intellectual pirates where we violated English law and smuggled contraband patented machinery frequently. The entire American textile industry was built with stolen and pirated trade secret and patented technology. We did not even recognize copyright and pirated books from all over the English speaking world. Currently, he believes that we have few rational and effective law enforcement techniques and the government favors certain companies and industries in law enfcement but does almost mothering for most—especially small businesses while it acts on the verge of protectionism of some large companies and industries.
Timothy Robert DeKay is an American actor. He starred in the USA Network series White Collar (2009–2014), which chronicled the partnership between a con artist (played by Matt Bomer) and an FBI agent (DeKay).
