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Pastimes : A@P VOTE: Guilty or Innocent? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: PartyTime who wrote (229)	5/28/2002 3:58:56 PM
From: EL KABONG!!!	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 717

PT, My guess, and it's strictly a guess, is that the former FBI guy (Royer) has already rolled over on Tony or is prepared to do so, likely in exchange for favorable sentencing for his own illegal acts, presuming that the government can otherwise prove their case. I see very little wiggle room at the moment for any of the defendants. But I am just guessing at this point. I found this tidbit from the Buffalo newspaper interesting... (bolding mine, for emphasis) Former federal prosecutor Christopher J. Bebel of Houston's Shepherd, Smith & Bebel law firm, said that FBI agents sometimes trade information with sources in order to gain their trust. "To the extent possible, the FBI generally prefers to make it a one-way street. They know they're dealing with untrustworthy people," Bebel said. He speculated that Elgindy would make his role as an FBI informant a major part of his defense. "Oftentimes, it is difficult to convict an informant. They have a history of convincing juries that they viewed their activities as being done on the government's behalf," Bebel said. So we now "know" one possible defense strategy... KJC

To: PartyTime who wrote (229)	5/28/2002 4:08:42 PM
From: LiPolymer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 717

Certainly some of these alleged rats will try to cut deals if the charges turn out to be true and can be proven. It will be interesting to see who Amoral@Pusillanimous might take down in a deal. It's easy to think of at least one other of seemingly similar ilk who posts regularly on SI. The people close to this guy in any financial dealings must be really squirming by now. With the alleged ties to the FBI this situation will not go away quietly as has been the case before. How sad when these champions of justice that expose corporate corruption for the sake of the small investor turn out to be crooks themselves after all.