I used to just take accusations of CP at face value, but knowing how entrapment-happy and truth-ambivalent the US Government can be, I find myself wondering if

I used to just take accusations of CP at face value, but knowing how entrapment-happy and truth-ambivalent the US Government can be, I find myself wondering if the killing of usenet wasn't just a part of the "hacker crackdown" and the crackdown on piracy. Piracy in particular is not something that most people had/have any real or natural compunction against.