re: The Octopus Murders

Watched all of this yesterday. I really enjoyed it, although it sucks that there isn't really any sort of resolution to anything.

But the cool part is that regardless of what all was true, there is certainly enough verifiable information in there that should make everyone think about just how corrupt high-level government is/politicians are. When you control everything, including the law, it's pretty easy to operate outside of it with little or no consequences. And any time someone gets in the way, you can kill them and literally nothing happens.

Even though the Michael Reconosciutto dude seemed like he was full of shite most of the time, you can tell he clearly worked with some high-ranking people and was involved in some shite. And I love that he said that one dude was still alive overseas and knows exactly where he lives.

But the DOJ sealing the files for this shite makes no sense if there isn't some shady shite involved. The whole PROMIS angle and how easily that was literally stolen was interesting (and scary). The deaths of several people involved. The hitman dude who was arrested for triple homicide and released 9 months later. Etc. Definitely some interesting things involved that should make any normal person trust the government slightly less.

Finished the series the other day. It started off strong, but kind of fell flat at the end.

I just seems like Casolaro got wrapped up in this conspiracy, and was lead astray by a series of crazy people, con men, and a disgruntled software executive. He eventually realized he was used, and spent a portion of his life chasing phantoms, and he ended it all. It didn't really feel like some vast conspiracy was out to get him.

Yes - when work is tough, violent suicide by chopping your wrists is a normal reaction.