test in a US court or court of public opinion? For example, say Bush/Obama was secretly claiming their opponent's speeches were providing "substantial support" to enemy, to justify use of CIA/military to covertly protect US from the other's victory? Given Bush/OBama legal reasoning it's up to the leader to determine who/what is a threat w/o much to constrain their abuse of such unchecked power, such powers could be secretly deemed "legal," but would it be unethical for DOJ offical to leak truth to public? I've no problem imagining Bush-Cheney doing that before the 2004 election... Yeah, I considered that angle, but didn't voice it...thinking that some at DOJ know, which likely means Obama/Holder know, Romney knows they know & would likely leak this anonymously or to trusted DEM operatives for October surprise, so if it's true, MR likely has some juicy dirty info on Obama/DEM preserving mutual silence. If it's not true, it's a powerful lever to pressure him to release his past records anyway to disprove it. BTW, you're only one who's said Romney campaign has denied this, and as I said, I've hardly researched the issue. Can you provide evidence of this denial? Even if he denies it, this question should be jack-hammer to pressure release of past records to prove denial. why he gives assurances that he never paid less than 13% but will not give up the returns.   I wish some reporter would ask him point blank with cameras rolling, and we could just observe his