[kiryandil]

Really? Based on....what? What liability would Costco face? Why would they conspire? Why would a loss prevention guy making, what, less than $15 an hour lie? What possible civil liability would they face?

OK, you had me for a while with the "let the facts come out" stuff, but no longer.

You can't possibly be this naive.

[IrishCatholic]

Not naive at all. But not blinded by my own bigotry either.
“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.”
John Adams