The U.S. justice system has been crumbling for a long time. It’s always individual cases that dramatize the deterioration, and Ross Ulbricht’s case is particularly egregious. From Paul Rosenberg at freemansperspective.com:
(Originally published in May of 2018.)
I’ve been in and around the US justice system for most of my life. I’ve always had relatives and friends who were lawyers, and I worked as an expert witness for more than 30 years. And however much I may disregard the state as an institution, I hold great regard for the common law, upon which the US justice system was based.
So, when I tell you that Ross Ulbricht’s prosecution shocked me, please understand that this is not the judgment of an antagonist or a neophyte.
Just the Facts
I’m obviously passionate about this subject, and I think you’ll shortly see why. But I also want to present the facts clearly. And so I’m going to use blunt and honest wording, and I’ll also give you links, so you can assure yourselves that my statements rest on more than passion. [Some of these links may no longer work.]
Here are the things you should know:
- The FBI’s explanation of how it found the Silk Road server were lies. What they really did was almost certainly parallel construction, known in honest speech as “lying to the court.”
- The case was clearly politically driven. (See here and here.)
- A mere two months before Ulbricht’s arrest, the lead DHS investigator swore under oath that Mark Karpeles (of Mt. Gox infamy) was the “Dread Pirate Roberts” who ran the Silk Road darknet site.
- Two federal agents investigating the case pled guilty to corruption related to it and are now in jail.
