[ClearCase_guy]

I've got to pick my jaw up off the floor ... hang on ...

When a government agent willfully violates the law, and then persecutes a business for the action performed by the government agent, we have truly entered the land of Atlas Shrugged.

I think a hard rains a' gonna fall.

[Rummyfan]

When a government agent willfully violates the law, and then persecutes a business for the action performed by the government agent, we have truly entered the land of Atlas Shrugged.

Well said!

[Alberta's Child]

When a government agent willfully violates the law, and then persecutes a business for the action performed by the government agent . . .

Something about this story doesn't ring true, since (as you pointed out) this would be the height of idiocy even by New York City standards.

I'm wondering if the facts as presented by 1010 WINS are accurate.

[BadAndy]

"When a government agent willfully violates the law, and then persecutes a business for the action performed by the government agent, we have truly entered the land of Atlas Shrugged."

So you want undercover DEA agents who buy drugs as part of a narcotics investigation to go to jail? These are not actual strawman purchases, they are gathering evidence for use in criminal prosecutions. Atlas should remain unshrugged.

[WideGlide]

When a government agent willfully violates the law, and then persecutes a business for the action performed by the government agent

Excuse me but isn't that what's known as a sting operation? Law enforcement loves Sting Ops but I think they smell like entrapment.