The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age
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    Bobby Kennedy framed Jimmy Hoffa for tampering with a jury which Hoffa. in fact, did.

    By jollyroger on Tue, 08/06/2013 - 1:33am |

    My father was subcontracted to write the  brief appealing  Jimmy Hoffa's conviction (his first, after years of frustrating Bobby Kennedy who was so obsessed with Hoffa that once he became Attorney General he assembled a "get Hoffa"--his words-squad.

    All parties to the attorney client privelege having died I believe I commit no trespass in quoting my father who said Hoffa was guilty but framed.

     

    That is to say, Kennedy manufactured evidence of true behavior.

     

    It is easy to brush aside such a perversion of justice, especial..ly from a paladin of the left.  It is a mistake to do so.

     

    *We see today an echo of this sort of prosecutorial zealotry in tge systematic manufacture by drug prosecutors of " parallel scenario" explanations to obscure the diversion of NSA phone and data tap info into drug enforcement efforts.

     

    Some have yawned at the Snowden revelations.

     

    This shows the folly of such complaisance.*

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    Comments

    Hey jolly what happened that you had to stop typing mid sentence with no time even to delete?


    by artappraiser on Tue, 08/06/2013 - 3:56pm

    Don't be so hypercritical. I think this is the best post Jolly has ever written. I don't see a single sentence I disagree with. I've even reconsidered my comment to Bruce. My only complaint is that the headline is wrong. I think he should change it. All the rest though, spot on!


    by ocean-kat on Tue, 08/06/2013 - 7:17pm

    Struck me as maybe onea them drug enlightenment moments....wink


    by artappraiser on Tue, 08/06/2013 - 9:45pm

    balky browser


    by jollyroger on Wed, 08/07/2013 - 7:29pm

    http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/05/us-dea-sod-nsa-idUSBRE9740AI20...

     

    The NSA is giving your phone records to the DEA. And the DEA is rcovering it up.

     

     

     

     

     


    by jollyroger on Wed, 08/07/2013 - 7:45pm

    JR - guilty. But framed. 

    Heckuva defence, sir. 


    by Qnonymous (not verified) on Thu, 08/08/2013 - 9:51pm

    Ya got that right. appeal denied

    by jollyroger on Mon, 08/12/2013 - 4:20am

    Hey Jolly, you need to write this down.  Kudos to your Dad of blessed memory.


    by Bruce Levine on Thu, 08/08/2013 - 10:20pm

    A shtarker

    by jollyroger on Mon, 08/12/2013 - 4:24am

    And a mensch.


    by Bruce Levine on Mon, 08/12/2013 - 9:48am