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To: Travis_Bickle who wrote (72202)	6/14/2008 3:51:48 PM
From: Travis_Bickle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542060

Okay so the Bosnian guy is alleged to have committed a crime by conspiring to blow up our embassy in Bosnia. If only there were some mechanism in place to determine the guilt of a person charged with a crime ... we could call it a "trial." We could conduct this "trial" in Bosnia, pursuant to Bosnian law, except that the Bosnians say the dude has committed no crime, so that's out. Or we could conduct the trial in the U.S., pursuant to U.S. law ... like we did with Timothy McVeigh ... you know, the guy who killed a couple hundred people through an act of terrorism? Or we could just put him away somewhere indefinitely and never get around to the issue of whether he is guilty or not guilty.

To: Travis_Bickle who wrote (72202)	6/14/2008 4:01:54 PM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 542060

They need not have bombed the embassy to be charged with a crime. (i.e., your statement is factually inaccurate). I was thinking "him" not "them." "If he accomplishes that and the crime can be traced to him, then and only then is he a criminal." But you're right about the actual conspiracy he's accused of being part of. Now all we have to do is prove it. Conspiracies are so next to impossible to prove. Particularly when you have no leverage for "turning" co-conspirators like they have with US white-collar criminals.