John Young wrote:

Greg, What's your take on repeated delay in Jim's sentencing:

1. A squeeze on Jim to finger co-conspirators.

Aleady confirmed, upon researching a theory that Jim's 'letter of pennance' was calculated to warn anyone with half-a-brain that it would be unwise to put a lot of trust in either himself or anyone working with information gleaned from the search/seizure and/or prosecution of James Dalton (Gang?) Bell. It is standard procedure to delay punishment in cases where: a) The narcs are *hoping* to 'turn' the individual, and need to string out their control over them (which diminishes rapidly once their fate is confirmed). b) The narcs *already have* turned the individual and are unsure if the person is yanking their chain, trying to get a done deal without giving up conspirators yet-to-be-born, as promised. (Known as "the unborn" by the spook-oriented.) c) The narcs have a 'done deal' with the individual, and need to postpone any signs of a 'sweetheart deal' so as not to spook (pardon the pun) the targets of an ongoing investigation. d) The warrants are in the mail and the individual's sentencing is dependent on future testimony/cooperation. e) The spooks are having trouble finding the right combination of chemicals to twist the individual's mind into a willing vessel of their mind-control plans for them as a suitcase salesman.

2. Weak case, must use procedure to punish.

Delay is usually used when they've gotten some backwoods legal aide dupe to sell their client down the river unwittingly, and they want the individual to spend as much time as possible in jail before finding out at his or her sentencing that they have gotten totally screwed and they go out and get themselves a good lawyer. Not the case, here. Jim's lawyer knew where his future career was buttered. Nobody unwittingly lets their client get stomped on that badly and refuses offers of outside assistance, without being a part of the plan.

3. To let time served be the sentence.

Nope.

4. Jim was up to something worse now being discovered

Nope. But they could very well be trying to manipulate him into turning on others, OR (listen closely...) 'pretending' to turn on others without really giving them up, and turning his own past non-crimes into real-crimes in the process. e.g. - "I don't know if John Young was *serious* about what he said in that email to me, but I could find out, once I am out of here." <But I will give you the Big FUCK YOU the minute my feet hit the outside pavement.> This is a true toilet-plunger maneuver, with the individual led to 'making' his past actions criminal with the statements he makes today. 'Wise guys' are susceptible to this, being too smart for their own good, and thinking they can walk with the Devil as far as the Bridge. <WRONG!>

5. Jim is a secret gov agent, now feet up in Tacoma IRS laughing at those who fell for suckerbait, screwball AP written by IRS as a sting (a recent book package to Jim was returned marked "Not in Jail").

a) A definite possibility, but extremely difficult to confirm. McVeigh, for instance, did everything but wave a red flag to get his ass picked up. Tough to tell a 'death wish' from personal involvement in 'the plan.' b) Jim and Tim were both 'led to believe' that they were 'part of the plan' and will continue to believe so until it becomes obvious that the burning coals being prepared in the pit are for them, at which time it is a little late to start saying, "Actually, the *real* story is..."

6. The court was hoodwinked by IRS, too, and the AUSA is preparing an indictment of the stingers and federal defenders and who knows who else that was in on it.

Not *that* court. That one, like the one in Denver, is a *home* court, with *home* referees and officials. It's tough to win in Vegas, unless you're *from* Vegas. (Nobody calls from Vegas just to say "Hello.")

7. Secret Agent Jim is squealing on his double-crossing secret agents, cutting a deal with whoever else is double- crossing whomever. He's going down, they're going down, we're going down, the whole country's going down; Up the Revolution!

We can only dream... 9. 'C'hoate, 'C'hudov and 'C'ottrel are actually running the CDR list from a cell adjoining 'B'ell's, and those whose names begin with a 'D' will be the next to join them. (The narcs are saving the 'A's for last, because they can't figure out who the hell 'Anonymous' is.)