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I have to agree with Ben Stein on this one. Spitzer may have had it coming and even invited it by his arrogance, but it smacks a bit of another day and age when snooping around for sexual scandal or impropriety to topple the powerful was perfected into a fine art, back when Reinhard Heydrich ran the S.D..

[Clint N. Suhks]

snooping around for sexual scandal

Not what happened. The IRS was investigating what appeared to be bribery, so much so another branch of government called the judiciary approved a wiretap. THEN they found evidence of another crime.

[Melinda]

There's nothing wrong with toppling the powerful who break the law to get them out of office. Blackmailing these weak and vulnerable lawbreakers to the detriment of a law-abiding society is also a fine art - for crooks.