Not every case. Nobody assumes a conspiracy when your neighbor down the road gets brought up on possession of such material. Despite easily having the power to

Not every case. Nobody assumes a conspiracy when your neighbor down the road gets brought up on possession of such material. Despite easily having the power to, there's no motive for the federal government to go around framing random individuals of sex crimes. But a whistleblower? A thorn in the intelligence agencies' side who has exposed them and attracted their ire? You'd be a credulous fool to take that story at face value. The IC has a long and documented history of flouting norms like honesty and integrity. These are institutions whose entire purpose is to use deceptive, extra-legal methods to focus the power of government against anybody who poses a threat to it.