I understand that there are those on this very forum that will defend their actions no matter what they do.
They do this for any number of reasons, chiefly because they honestly believe that they are their friends. Just as the others down through history who have defended doers of evil have learned to their sorrow,they are going to learn that the individuals thay have been rabidly defending, have no friends. They only have different people that they use for different purposes. When it serves their purpose, they will turn and jump on them with both feet.
A good example of this is going on in Congress with the Enron [to use the term very loosely] investigation, the very Congressmen and women that Enron though that they had brought are now attacking them tooth and toenail.