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The case has all the salient features of a political prosecution:
*FBI collaboration with and direction of other law enforcement agencies;
*Unpopularity of defendants in "mainstream" opinion;
*Use of long-term, deep-cover, paid infiltrator;
*Use of other informers;
*Use of grand juries;
*Use of surveillance (possibly including warrantless eavesdropping);
*Use of conspiracy charges;
*Vulnerability of the defendants & their supporters to political stereotyping;
*Conflation (by the government & in the corporate media) of First-Amendment-protected activity and illegal acts;
*Suicide in jail of one defendant;
*Lack of skepticism in the corporate media;
*And bonus! Charging under statutes amended by the Patriot Act.
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