While I understand MJ's frustration I wholeheartedly agree with you Bob.I may not be understanding what you have said here so if I have please forgive me.
If what you assume is true, he must have been very frightened and chose what seemed to him to be the path that would cause the least trouble for him. Surely he could not have envisioned all the disruption this could cause because if he could, he would have fessed up immediately. I for one would like to see the interview to judge the competency of the person who interviewed him.
I get very concerned when the government is searching for something to charge someone with. If the law is not clear, pass one, don't invent one. The rules should be clear and we should all know them. No government agency or task force should be twisting the law in order to punish someone. That simply is another form of tyranny.
The consequences for lying to an investigator should clear and all should know them, they should not be invented on the spot. That is not how a just society works.
If the investigators could say, if you lie to me its five years in prison, who is going to lie to them. It sounds like that is not the case if they are combing the legislation to come up with something with which to charge him.
In case you can't tell, I am very passionate about wrongful prosecutions and overzealous prosecutors.
I feel this requires many photos and I seriously hope I offended no one.
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