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I wouldn't put it past some prosecutors to, let us say, let their zeal to convict a criminal get ahead of their ethics. My guess is that an overzealous AUSA honestly believed Stevens was guilty, and so hid the evidence to help it along. I don't think there's really enough evidence at this point to think there's anything more conspiratorial going on.

Edit: Talking Points Memo actually does a good job of summing up my opinion on this.

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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."

"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."

-- Friedrich Nietzsche