[Lancey Howard]

This tape is as manipulative as any that comes from somebody wearing a wire. That's the whole idea. You want to coax out as much information as you can, so it gets on tape. I don't see where Traficant is asking this guy to lie. Rather I see Traficant trying to get this guy Detor to articulate in his own words as much information as possible. Traficant does ssem to get a little pushy in spots (I can't believe Detor couldn't figure out he was being taped) but that's the nature of the beast.

[Urbane_Guerilla]

This tape is as manipulative as any that comes from somebody wearing a wire. That's the whole idea. You want to coax out as much information as you can, so it gets on tape. I don't see where Traficant is asking this guy to lie.

If you notice, Traficant coaxes ZERO from his fellow criminal. It is a criminal love-fest, where they both blame the gov't for their misdeeds ... superficially attractive to conservatives who are rightly sceptical of gov't ... but a load a baloney which should be condemned by conservatives.