[thegreatbeast]

Why are they dealing with this guy? He was a spy, for crying out loud! He's the actor in this case. He's the one who had the information entrusted to him by our government.
Bury the bastard.

[Ron in Acreage]

The Bush justice dept. is, and has been, soft of crime. They are limpwristed bastards. Every friggen' time they have someone by the balls, they plead it down, or flat out refuse to prosecute. They are stuck on stupid, and then some.

[SJackson]

Why are they dealing with this guy? He was a spy, for crying out loud! He's the actor in this case. He's the one who had the information entrusted to him by our government. Bury the bastard.

Because this is the culmination of a five year investigation/sting operation which essentially turned up nothing but Franklin. The most interesting facet of the case will be the precedent set if Rosen, a non-government employee, is convicted of listening to classified information.

[Inwoodian]

It seems to me that they should be offering a plea to the lobbyists in order to nail this b**tard.