Why, you simple creatures, the weakest of all weak things is a virtue which has not been tested in the fire.
Mark Twain, The Man
That Corrupted Hadleyburg
Like the mysterious stranger in Mark Twain's tale, the FBI brought a bag of gold to tempt politicians. Did those who fell for the Abscam sting have only themselves to blame or can they, like Hadleyburg, blame the stranger for leading them astray? This question lies at the heart of the uproar over the tactics used to catch public officials in the act of allegedly taking a bribe. Did they willingly commit a crime, if indeed...
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