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Wednesday, January 7, 2009 12:00 AM

The DOJ pursues the "real criminal" in the NSA spying scandal

While the high-level lawbreakers are protected from consequences by our political class, only the courageous whistle-blower is subject to criminal prosecution.
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Wednesday, January 7, 2009 11:36 PM

    -- John Anderson

    GG makes mention of this...I'm not a Bush supporter, but I always thought that criminality was determined by conviction, not accusation. Maybe some of the regulars can clear this up for me.

    -- John Anderson

    A conviction denotes guilt, not criminality. One can engage in criminal acts (criminality), prior to being judged as legally guilty of that behavior.

    Bush, and others, have admitted engaging in behavior which is against the law and therefore it is proper to describe their multiple acts as criminality.

    —Jebbie Read Jebbie's other letters

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