POSNER, Circuit Judge.
We decided to hear this case en banc, pursuant to Circuit Rule 40(f), in order to decide whether violation of the federal "kingpin" statute, 21 U.S.C. § 848 (Continuing Criminal Enterprises, Title II, § 408, of the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970), is "an offense against the United States" within the meaning of the federal aider and abettor statute, 18 U.S.C. § 2(a). That statute provides: "Whoever commits an offense against...
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