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I have a problem when our Federal government engages in "sting" operations. I also think there is something wrong when the government encourages people to do things that would normally be illegal or things that would put them at risk to entrap a person who may have had no intent on violating any law.
When it comes to "white collar",financial crimes. I think almost everyone has a "price" or a point where they would do something they would not ordinarilly do, even if it is illegal. So to me it seems that the Federal government could target any person, set-up a sting with a high enough potential reward and entrap that person and that they could do that all day every-day to millions of people.
I find it interesting that some who are very vocal about the Bush administration's use of phone records to track the communications of terrorists at war with us, say nothing about the potential abuse of "sting" operations.
Jefferson may be guilty, but this may prove to be an interesting case on a number of levels as the facts come out.
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