Slippery Silk Road spook will plead guilty to duping dealers A US Secret Service information security bod is going to enter a guilty plea to pilfering US$820,000 in Bitcoins from scuttled drug souk the Silk Road. Shaun W. Bridges admitted to harvesting the anonymous currency before cashing out at the then Mx Gox Bitcoin exchange and going into hiding. “Mr. Bridges has regretted his …
Am I too cynical if I assume that he means "from the moment he was caught"?
Well, perhaps. It might be true that he was tempted by access to a whole pile of money, and regretted it. It's a fairly normal human reaction. It's not much of a defence though, especially from someone in law enforcement.
OTOH, what Carl Force is accused of is a whole other level of wrong and if proved, deserves serious time.
Those who do the watching and have power should be held to a higher standard of ethics than anyone else.
In this case, I would guess that he will be. Even if he is not convicted, he will have lost his job and most likely any chance at gaining another one requiring a clearance.
At least that's what I am telling myself.
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