[Regulator]

What really over-torques my bolts is that a citizen can face prison time for lying to some Marxist bureaucrat

Dead on. Where's the guy in the FDA who leaked the info to Waksal? Leavenworth? Lompoc? Hah. Still at the FDA, looking forward to that federal retirement. Nothing will happen to him - might make FDA look baaaaad, and we wouldn't want thaaat. Noooooo.

The people in the government lie to you, lie in court, lie to Congress, lie to each other, and nothing. Nothing happens to them at all.

[summer]

The people in the government lie to you, lie in court, lie to Congress, lie to each other, and nothing. Nothing happens to them at all.

I'm sure there are in fact people -- lots of people -- who get away with whatever. But, Martha mistakenly assumed she would be one of them. And, that's where she does get sympathy from some I've talk to. They say: "Hey, she may have done something wrong, but so what -- others do a LOT worse and they never get caught."

[summer]

Where's the guy in the FDA who leaked the info to Waksal?

This name never came out in Waksal's trial? I would think it would have.

[Bonaparte]

"Where's the guy in the FDA who leaked the info to Waksal?"

I've been wondering about that too. I think the feds want him (her?) but may only get him if Waksal or one of his agents deals. That's why a very stiff mandatory sentence is a good idea in these conspiracy cases. It motivates the customer.