We have reached a time where a political party is willing, for political ends, to uproot core individual protections for the accused.  Laws concerning libel, slander, rules of evidence, rules of procedure, rules of confidentiality, and basic propriety are all cast aside.  The kicker?  The Democrats have repeatedly pushed the idea that if we just had an FBI investigation, the truth would be revealed.  The first lie in this was the implication that the FBI had done nothing so far.  The second lie is worse, and it is this: that a government entity, the FBI, can reliably discover or discern the truth.  If the FBI could be used to reach absolute conclusions about guilt or innocence for any alleged crime, then we would not need juries to deliberate and decide whether they think someone is guilty or not guilty.  If the FBI could be a reliable window into any event in the past, we would not need a criminal justice system...(Read Full Post)