The corruption in this case goes so deep. By the time all of this comes out in the wash, the people who instigated this are going to be so sorry, I hope. I think Mikey was just used by greater powers...in the same way that Roe in Roe v. Wade was...she was just a pawn. He's evil to the core, but he was used. They don't care any more about Michael than they do about Terri.
I agree with you; Michael's a pawn/Terri's expendable. In the end, they BOTH will be.