Interesting that they are suing British Aerospace Systems rather than one of the home grown corruption mongers like Lockheed Martin or Halliburton. Not that I think what BAE or the Saudis did should go unpunished, I just think it is a bit rich to push for sanctions against them when it will inevitably benefit American arms traders.

I think they are saying the venture capital tart is an evil genius too...

Won't someone please listen to the horses!

This comment thread is officially done. Move along, nothing else to see here.

As usual the truth is somewhere in the middle. Whoever wrote that slate profile obviously has a conservative bias. The representation of The Days Of Rage as a vandalism spree with scant regard to the brutality of the police who outnumbered protesters is almost perverse. To suggest that Weather Underground bombs did indeed kill without backing it up also seems irresponsible.

From this side of the pond it seems incredible that you waste time and energy debating the minor crimes of a man who may or may not be "unsavory" rather than contextualise his actions by referring to the moral bancruptcy of the Nixon administration. You never got around to impeaching a man whose actions were criminal beyond doubt, who was responsible for millions of dead on both sides of the South East Asian Conflict. In fact one of his co-conspirators, Henry Kissenger, lives amongst you now in luxury and seems destined never to be charged for the war crimes he committed.