The trials and tribulations of the erstwhile Governor of New York, E.S., would seem to be further evidence in support of the observation that those who beat the morality drums most loudly are usually engaged, secretly, in some form of immoral behavior themselves — where "immoral behavior," as defined by the self-righteous, virtually always means engaging in some form of sexual behavior differing from mainstream norms.
In any case, if E.S. is "client 9," one wonders who "client 1" is... and "clients 2 thru 8," and "clients 10 thru 50"... —? I mean, was that a selective leak, or what?
"Democracy Now" makes the interesting point that the wiretapping which captured E.S. was initiated while A.G. was still in office as U.S. Attorney General. (You will recall, no doubt, that A.G. resigned under heavy bipartisan pressure due to... let's see, how to put this delicately... some suspicion he was using the U.S. Dept. of Justice to go after folks the administration viewed [/views] as political opponents.) "Democracy Now" went on to point out that when "the goods" were obtained on E.S., the wire taps were hastily removed — although the FBI court order would have enabled them to continue considerably longer — and, also, that it's highly unusual to release the name of a "person of interest" this early in an investigation, before charges are filed. It's hard to avoid the suspicion that the wiretappers must have found themselves recording too many high-level folks and important political donors.
Any with opinions as to whether charges of any kind will *ever* be filed against E.S. please feel free to state them. Possibilities include, but are not limited to, the following.
(1) No, there would be no point — his career as a rising political star has effectively been terminated.
(2) Yes, he will be charged with violating the Mann Act, under which it is a federal crime to transport a female or females across state lines (NY city to Wash DC in this case) for an act (/acts) of ************.
(3) No, he will not be charged for violating the Mann Act, because he did not transport the woman, she transported herself — and prosecution of a "client" under the Mann Act would, in any case, be highly unusual.
(4) He won't be charged with anything by the feds, in part because of (3), but they will turn their evidence over to the State of New York for prosecution because New York has a law (promoted and signed, ironically, by E.S. himself) under which it is a state crime to solicit for ************.
(5) [4] will happen, but after a long delay that will be attributed to judicial backlogs and the need for "further investigation," the case will quietly be dropped — mainly because those who would have to prosecute it will not want to create a precedent under which they themselves might be charged and convicted in the future.
(7) Other possibilities.... fill in the blank _________ .
In any case, if E.S. is "client 9," one wonders who "client 1" is... and "clients 2 thru 8," and "clients 10 thru 50"... —? I mean, was that a selective leak, or what?
"Democracy Now" makes the interesting point that the wiretapping which captured E.S. was initiated while A.G. was still in office as U.S. Attorney General. (You will recall, no doubt, that A.G. resigned under heavy bipartisan pressure due to... let's see, how to put this delicately... some suspicion he was using the U.S. Dept. of Justice to go after folks the administration viewed [/views] as political opponents.) "Democracy Now" went on to point out that when "the goods" were obtained on E.S., the wire taps were hastily removed — although the FBI court order would have enabled them to continue considerably longer — and, also, that it's highly unusual to release the name of a "person of interest" this early in an investigation, before charges are filed. It's hard to avoid the suspicion that the wiretappers must have found themselves recording too many high-level folks and important political donors.
Any with opinions as to whether charges of any kind will *ever* be filed against E.S. please feel free to state them. Possibilities include, but are not limited to, the following.
(1) No, there would be no point — his career as a rising political star has effectively been terminated.
(2) Yes, he will be charged with violating the Mann Act, under which it is a federal crime to transport a female or females across state lines (NY city to Wash DC in this case) for an act (/acts) of ************.
(3) No, he will not be charged for violating the Mann Act, because he did not transport the woman, she transported herself — and prosecution of a "client" under the Mann Act would, in any case, be highly unusual.
(4) He won't be charged with anything by the feds, in part because of (3), but they will turn their evidence over to the State of New York for prosecution because New York has a law (promoted and signed, ironically, by E.S. himself) under which it is a state crime to solicit for ************.
(5) [4] will happen, but after a long delay that will be attributed to judicial backlogs and the need for "further investigation," the case will quietly be dropped — mainly because those who would have to prosecute it will not want to create a precedent under which they themselves might be charged and convicted in the future.
(7) Other possibilities.... fill in the blank _________ .
) This is one of those right on the mark times.