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by fl0wenol 2312 days ago
Please let's not use weev as a cautionary tale.

The guy had been baiting people to clock him in the face for his anti-social behavior on the internet since forever. I don't think it was what he did to AT&T that got him sent up, he'd been on the feds' radar since at least the Sarah Palin email hack.
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sneak 2312 days ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Nacchio

Perfect example of a guy just a little bit too far outside of the circle to get away with ignoring the inner party’s mandates.

They cooked up some insider trading to throw him in federal, too. He’s out now, I understand.

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etrabroline 2311 days ago
If the government doesn't have enough evidence to convict you they shouldn't be allowed to trump up some other bogus charge and defend their unfair treatment by saying "well we wanted to get him on this other charge..."
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