Re: [TSCM-L] Re: Intrigue in High Places

From: John Young <j..._at_pipeline.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 12:06:16 -0700

Consider that this nefarious practice, nearly always involving former
or present intelligence, law enforcement and lawyers who learned
their tricks supposedly in the service of the public. And nearly all
of them were adept at professing heartfelt innocence, then well
what happened may of skirted the law but was legal "at the time,"
or well perhaps some of the bad guys went too far but we knew
nothing about it, or well our law firm took care of it and we were
assured all was in order, or well my law firm was certain the
practice was "legal at the time," or well an apology is in order
for what underlings did without our knowledge or approval, or
well we have to reluctantly admit that the treacherous underlings
taped our conversations but what we said was taken out of
context or misunderstood, or well a junior partner did it without
checking with the partner in charge, or well the partner in charge
has been fired, or well the law firm has been indicted, or well
the corporate or presidential counsel has been fired, or well
let me be clear, the stockholders interest was paramount
and we won't do it again, or well I'm not a crook but I shall
resign.

Meanwhile a treefull of mendacious culprits are serving
time -- or dead -- for believing they would be protected for

earning a few bucks perpetrating crimes against the public
interest, the shareholder interest, their family's interest,
assuring a place in fuck-up perdition, muttering for eternity
why me, why not all those others who were doing the same.

The lament of the spy, the lawman, the lawyer, the politician,
the ones who've always have a zillion excuses and apologies
and regrets when they get caught, the whining the same old
song as those who proudly proclaim they would never ever
do that -- get caught.
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