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Ready for another wrinkle in the WikiLeaks drama?

This round of data could include some serious whistle-blowing that the U.S. government would readily approve of. Well, probably. It depends who was evading their taxes with a Swiss bank account. If it’s dirt on somebody high enough up, there could be some self-interested backlash. (I don’t anticipate that happening. I don’t think deliberate and concerted tax evasion is endemic among the leading U.S. politicians. People screw up taxes or fail to report things they should have reported—but a concerted effort to hide assets would be big news. Hopefully we’ll see.)

  1. shorterexcerpts said: I think I’ll be more surprised if any big names are actually prosecuted here (in the US at least).
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