I can agree with part of what you say QTC as I am well aware of those operations... but there is a BIG difference between those operations and SR...in those cases the Feds were selling drugs to biker gangs in VERY controlled ways. They knew who was getting the drugs and where the drugs were at all times.. and the majority of those raids happened shortly after the drugs were delivered so that LE wouldn't lose custody of the drugs... in this case we are talking about LE selling drugs to unknown people all over the country, completely giving up custody of said drugs with ZERO way of knowing who those drugs would end up in the hands of.... regardless of the conspiracy theories involving the DEA and all the clandestine things they do (teaching the black community to make crack...?) there is no way LE would or could actively sell drugs on Silk Road. PERIOD!TJ