From the much neglected blogroll

“White-collar area cases, I think, are distinguishable from terrorism or drug crimes, for the primary reason that, often, people are plotting their defense at the same time they're committing their crime. They are smart people who understand that they are crossing the line, and so they are papering the record or having veiled or coded conversations that make it difficult to establish a wrongdoing.” Ted "Taibbi" Kaufman via pas

"It's our democracy: we bought it, we paid for it, and we're going to keep it."

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