George Rebane
[At police headquarters we enter the viewing room showing an interrogation already in progress with Mugsy, an accomplished bank robber.]
Detective: So Mugsy, we had you under surveillance and saw you enter the bank packing heat and a note in your pocket that read, ‘THIS IS A HOLDUP, don’t make any noise or press the alarm. Bring me all the money in a bag.’
Mugsy: Yeah, but I wasn’t gonna do nuttin’.
D: What d’ya mean you wasn’t going to do nothin’? You had the gun and the note when you were walking up to the teller window.
M: Yeah, yeah. But that don’t mean nuttin’, cause I wasn’t going to rob no bank.
D: Now you don’t expect anyone to believe that. What were you going to do if we hadn’t stopped you?
M: Well, I was just going to hand the note to the teller, and when she brought me the money, I was planning to give it back to her, and tell her it was all just a gag.
D: Hmm, … alright, I guess that story will hold water. OK you’re free to go, but next time Mugsy, be careful with your jokes. We coulda accidently shot you, know what I mean?
[At police headquarters we enter the viewing room showing an interrogation already in progress with Mugsy, an accomplished bank robber.]
Detective: So Mugsy, we had you under surveillance and saw you enter the bank packing heat and a note in your pocket that read, ‘THIS IS A HOLDUP, don’t make any noise or press the alarm. Bring me all the money in a bag.’
Mugsy: Yeah, but I wasn’t gonna do nuttin’.
D: What d’ya mean you wasn’t going to do nothin’? You had the gun and the note when you were walking up to the teller window.
M: Yeah, yeah. But that don’t mean nuttin’, cause I wasn’t going to rob no bank.
D: Now you don’t expect anyone to believe that. What were you going to do if we hadn’t stopped you?
M: Well, I was just going to hand the note to the teller, and when she brought me the money, I was planning to give it back to her, and tell her it was all just a gag.
D: Hmm, … alright, I guess that story will hold water. OK you’re free to go, but next time Mugsy, be careful with your jokes. We coulda accidently shot you, know what I mean?
Ummm, Bernie Madoff a ridiculous amount of times before the gig was finally up?
Posted by: Michael Anderson | 03 June 2013 at 09:43 PM
Perhaps an analogy, Mr. Anderson. Kinda like Eric Holder going to a judge to get a wiretap on that Fox News reporter, claiming the reporter was a co-conspirator in a federal felony conspiracy case.
Holder testified he had nothing to do with it, then we find out it was he who signed off on AND pushed through the wiretap request. Just to have some fun, they got the e-mails and phone calls of the reporter's old man to boot, but I digress.
The analogy? The DOJ announced that since not charges were filed against the reporter, no harm no foul. They never really intended to prosecute, just like Mugsy never intended to rob the bank after passing the teller the note.
Posted by: Bill Tozer | 04 June 2013 at 06:04 AM
BillT 604am - Bingo!
Posted by: George Rebane | 05 June 2013 at 10:09 AM