In retrospect, it is obvious that Tom Welch and Dave Johnson have been well-used in their adult lives. Anyone with an IQ higher than a large rodent's can easily see that they were used by this community's big-timers to secure the Salt Lake Olympic bid and were used as scapegoats by the same power elite when the story got out.
They were used by the legal system in an effort to secure professional cap feathers for federal prosecutors. At the same time they were being used, citizens and taxpayers were being used and also given a classic example of common political and legal abuse of power and resources.
Those are the real crimes of the whole episode, and they are replicated in less-notorious situations on a daily basis.
Joe Taylor
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Salt Lake City