Comments on: USG: whoops, that Mata Hari stuff was just banter over car insurance https://www.overlawyered.com/2018/09/doj-whoops-that-mata-hari-stuff-was-just-banter-over-car-insurance/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Fri, 14 Sep 2018 05:18:57 +0000 hourly 1 By: Robert https://www.overlawyered.com/2018/09/doj-whoops-that-mata-hari-stuff-was-just-banter-over-car-insurance/comment-page-1/#comment-349798 Fri, 14 Sep 2018 05:18:57 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=72617#comment-349798 Also, with the allowance of “Victim Impact Statements”, alleged victims can also plant wrong, inflammatory, damaging (and entirely fictitious) statements as has happened recently in California.

]]> By: Bob Lipton https://www.overlawyered.com/2018/09/doj-whoops-that-mata-hari-stuff-was-just-banter-over-car-insurance/comment-page-1/#comment-349759 Thu, 13 Sep 2018 00:31:45 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=72617#comment-349759 It’s comforting to know that if I am visiting a foreign country and am arrested for spying, the US Embassy will apparently ignore me.

Bob

]]> By: Bill Poser https://www.overlawyered.com/2018/09/doj-whoops-that-mata-hari-stuff-was-just-banter-over-car-insurance/comment-page-1/#comment-349721 Tue, 11 Sep 2018 22:58:57 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=72617#comment-349721 I wonder about the argument that the prosecution is reported to have made for keeping her in custody, that she must be a Russian agent because Russian officials have visited her six times in jail. Is that not within the range of normal consular assistance? She was arrested on July 15th, so that comes to approximately one visit every ten days. I don’t know about the Russian consulate, but if I am not mistaken some diligent consular officers will visit a jailed national once a week.

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