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The solution to bad laws is to apply them to everybody
So we have that 'the USA Patriot Act created a new category of domestic terrorism, which is defined as an offense "calculated to influence or affect the conduct of government"'. By this definition, every congressional lobbyist is a terrorist.
Moreover, 'or "to intimidate or coerce a civilian population."' clearly implicates the Bush administration as a terrorist cell.
If as described, however, this case was lost during voir dire. Tainted, conflicting eye witnesses versus an exculpatory receipt? This should have been a text book example of reasonable doubt.