"The two conspirators forgot to tell each other the crucial element of the conspiracy: when did it take place?" The jury is likely to begin its deliberations today.
Another problem has been the credibility of Mr. Pepper, whose assertions about some elements of the alleged conspiracy have been disproved by news media investigations.
According to a court affidavit, she admitted to key elements of the alleged conspiracy during three days of questioning by FBI counterintelligence agents.
When Mr. Moussaoui withdrew the guilty plea a few minutes later, Judge Brinkema told him that "this was not an unwise decision on your part -- you clearly are not admitting to the essential elements of these conspiracies, and you have an absolute right under our criminal justice system to require the government to put its proof before a jury".
Oliver described the elements of the best YouTube conspiracy videos, then came up with one of his own.
AOL correctly sets forth the elements of civil conspiracy as applied in the State of Virginia, to-wit: two or more persons engaged in concerted action either to accomplish a criminal or unlawful purpose, or to accomplish a lawful purpose by criminal or unlawful means, and resulting in damages.
The three men ran lines, plotting the elements of a prosecutable conspiracy, with the agents coaching them to remember key pieces of dialogue: they must say that the weapons were meant to kill Americans; they must indicate that they intended to pay for the arms with drug money.
The subjects covered diverse elements of the "Common plan or conspiracy" charge (count 1), including totalitarian control, education and youth, propaganda, purges and terrorization, labor, and suppression of Christian churches.
The Rich story has taken on elements of the Comet Ping Pong conspiracy theory, a false and preposterous tale involving Clinton and her supposed operation of a child-abuse ring at the District pizza restaurant.
