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[Alex]

Originally Posted by JWBear

If you don't think our government will do everything in their power - legal or illegal, moral or immoral - to destroy him, then you are beyond naïve.

If you believe that, why is he still alive? You seem to be defining "everything with it's power - legal or illegal" very narrowly.

Also, the beginning if the sex charges issue predates this recent release by several months. Sure, it could have been in response to the earlier releases (which were, in my view more dangerous if less embarrassing to so many politicians) but then the government is doing a piss poor job of doing "everything in its power" if all it can manufacture is a weak case that won't begin to really embarrass him until after he's already done the damage of this last release.

Now, I'm not saying that the entire situation isn't fabricated. Just that there's no particular evidence that it is beyond fitting into the narrative you've predefined. Assuming to be true that for which there is no evidence but is merely possible is not the same thing as a "giant grain of salt."


As for Holder, I doubt they'd pass any ex post facto legislation (and if they did I doubt it would stand for long) but I've no doubt they could pass legislation that would criminalize ongoing activity to the same effect. We do that all the time and generally there isn't anything particularly controversial about it.