(04-10-2018 07:57 PM)tanqtonic Wrote:  Well Lad, it isnt *just* Dershowitz. It is about 95 per cent of the people who follow politics. And yes, I suggest you actually smell the coffee on this one.

If you *really* want to believe the ACLU is a libertarian organization, have at it. I doubt you will find very many people sharing that boat with you.

I really don't care too much, to be honest. I'm mostly interested in whether the ACLU has taken up similar cases before, because that's more telling about whether their silence is an anomaly.

But my bigger point is really that, we don't know nearly enough about how the investigation will play out with Cohen to state anything more than this is a VERY sticky and delicate situation - one that is ripe to be messed up. But perhaps those involved will handle things competently and we'll find that the raid was warranted and attorney-client privilege was not inappropriately breached. So again, I get your concern, but I do not really understand being hysterical about it (I would consider saying that you're appalled that this happened as being hysterical).

I mean, what if, during the course of the special counsels investigation, they uncovered multiple instances of Cohen laundering money or bribing officials and they did not report that to the DOJ? Would you prefer that those crimes go uninvestigated? Because right now, the way this happened, it would appear as if the special counsel found evidence of crimes committed by Cohen that were not related to the Russia probe, which is why this was passed off. Now if all this has to do with is the one-time Daniel's payment, then I'm with you about how bad of an idea this was.