From: Jon Lebkowsky <jonl@well.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 14:56:05 -0700 (PDT)
To: jimbell@pacifier.com (jim bell)
Subject: Re: [NOISE] Re: Nazis on the Net
In-Reply-To: <m0uBttS-000918C@pacifier.com>
Message-ID: <199604242150.OAA17194@well.com>
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> The government spent about $1.5 million to get a minor, first-time (alleged) 
> criminal.  There is no obvious or logical basis for such extreme interest, 
> even in hindsight based on what we now know.  An objective person analyzing 
> this would have to conclude that the government's interest in Weaver was 
> entirely different than what it was claimed to be, and if it was that 
> important it is logical to conclude that fraud was not beyond their 
> capability and motivation.  Given the fact that the 
> government actually faked evidence in the trial (photographs of shell 
> casings), a fact that was brought out during trial, anything they say is not 
> believable.

Could it be that the operatives at Ruby Ridge were simply incompetent?

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Jon Lebkowsky <jonl@wired.com>                     http://www.well.com/~jonl
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