Not to strive, not to take advantage of the opportunities in such a world, not to succeed where success was so available - these things naturally became a sort of crime against the state.

At least the initial charges against the four men-of stealing state secrets, a graver crime-were downgraded to merely stealing commercially confidential information.

While solving crimes, retaliationists may ferment a new crime, so in modern criminal law we must guard against the recurrence of retaliationism blended with state authority.