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By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

arrrrgggg.The NY Times is reporting that the 4th Somali pirate who surrendered is going to be brought to NYC for prosecution. (Click on the title of the post).  It will be the first prosecution for piracy since Gore sued Bush, and before that, sometime in the 1700's.  To bad Sy isn't around to defend the Pirate. The Feds are blowing it of course.  Given the Somali Pirates' reputation for lying, stealing, and violating the law, the natural US attorneys office to handle the case is right here in the Southern District of Florida. Who knows more about disregarding the law than that band of unruly ruffians on NE 4th  Street? And didn't three of them just get their heads figuratively blown off in public? Really, the comparisons are just too good to be true...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on April 20, 2009 (boomark / email).