[ethagnawl]

Yeah, the reflexive accusations of "witch hunts" and "crooked hit jobs" are a recent development. Their lineage is obvious and ... I guess you can't blame them because they (somehow) play with a significant percentage of the population.

[cj]

Blaming the incident on “political retribution” (their words) implies that the US government is corrupt.

Such a weird thing to blame it on.

[jpadkins]

why? Is the US gov immune from corruption?

[hulitu]

> Such a weird thing to blame it on.

Yeah, should't be weird, should be obvious. (lobby, insider trading, etc)

[cpr]

Are you joking?

The current US government is the most corrupt entity in the history of the world, if you multiple corruption times power.

And I love my country (USA), but just hate what the government has become over the past 60-80 years.

[hulitu]

> The current US government is the most corrupt entity in the history of the world

Current ? "Mark Twain: 'There is no distinctly American criminal class - except Congress'"