On 2015-05-29, Howard Beal wrote:

"Ignoramus17447" wrote in message
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http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/denni...ry?id=31376076

Without knowing much detail, I find this article to be deeply
disturbing.

It seems that the crime that Dennis Hastert is accused of, is being a
victim of a successful blackmailer, and "structuring" his cash
withdrawals that he made to pay off and appease the blackmailer.

Added to that is "lying to investigators", which seems like a garden
variety retort that he "kept the money for himself".

Is that really the kind of criminal behavior that endangers our
society? What else is going on, is he falling victim to powerful
enemies?

I read some other stories recently, where "Muslim extremists" are
similarly pursued by the FBI and put in prison for some ridiculous
"crimes" like lying to the FBI. OK, in that case at least these
"extremists" are sworn and overt enemies of the USA, so I wrote that
off as a new normal.

But what about Dennis Hastert?

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If you use your right to remain silent you can not be charged with
lying to the government. Everything you say to any LEO will be
used against you. Save your explainations for the court room.

I have never been arrested, or under investigation that I know about,
but I was interrogated once, a long time ago, in a matter concerning
someone else. Nothing ever came out of this (for me). Fortunately, I
did not know much.

I am sure that "not talking to investigators" is a lot harder than it
seems. They do not come out and say "you are investigated for a
crime", they come out and say "can you help us with
investigation". They are trained to make you talk. This is what "Reid
techniques" are about.

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