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The author states they were shocked at how Sinclair seemed to get off easy, with just a slap on the wrist. I'm not sure why that's shocking. It's been painful
by na85 12y ago
The author states they were shocked at how Sinclair seemed to get off easy, with just a slap on the wrist. I'm not sure why that's shocking.
It's been painfully obvious for more than a decade that there exists a certain class of people in the US who are above the law, e.g. James Clapper.
- pyre 12y agoWell, it looked like the powers-that-be wanted to make an example out of him. So I could see it be surprising that he got a slap on the wrist after having those "guns" pointed at him.
- maxerickson 12y agoI read that line to mean they were shocked that he received as much punishment as he did. The phrase just before that talks about damaging the prosecution's case.