These are criminals. I don't know what kind of conclusions one can draw from the actions of criminals, except that they're criminals. I know I wouldn't want to be judged by the actions of clinton and gang, or how our system handled the lies and deceptions.
This was no mere crime. These people intended this to be an implementation of "justice" as they understand the term, and that is what they have seem to have used as their justification.
This is why attempting communication on any terms that we understand is futile.
Sometime back in the fifties there was a big sci-fi hit called something like "When Worlds Collide". That is what we have here - a collision of parallel, but apparently incompatible, worlds.
They seem to be making this into a case of us or them. Bad choice on their part. It is time for them to go.