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In reply to the discussion: Pres Morales: "NO You can NOT inspect my aircraft!" Emergency UNASUR meeting. Hague Tribunal? [View all]kenny blankenship
(15,689 posts)Just think of Emperor Bunga-Bunga the First.

Silvio Berlusconi investigated in teenage prostitution case
Italian prime minister also suspected of abusing position by putting pressure on police
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/14/berlusconi-investigated-teenage-prostitution-case
And that's behavior that's more or less out in the open. What we have to appreciate now is this: Everyone, everywhere with something embarrassing in their past MUST ASSUME AT THIS POINT that the government of the United States KNOWS ALL ABOUT IT. Or that it could find out easily, if it had a reason to target them - like for instance if the US was unhappy about how a country did not cooperate with them in retrieving Ed Snowden.
Now I'm not saying that anybody on this board is like that and has salacious stories lurking in their past, just waiting to be dug up and revealed to an outraged press. We are all far too clean and moral a group to stumble into in such a morally compromised position! No, of COURSE, I wouldn't be suggesting that about the DU community. But there are many people in the world of regrettably lower standards, who are potentially blackmailable. Many people for instance who attain leadership positions in the worlds of industry, finance and politics -even the military- have their juicy secrets -sexual hangups, dirty financial dealings, bribetaking, political betrayals - that they would do practically anything to keep hidden away.
And right now, the skeletons are rattling all across Europe, indeed across the whole world. The sound is deafening.