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_ measures to ensure that innocent people would not be wrongful- ly ensnared and convicted. The government urges that defen- dants' claims cannot be considered in the abstract,. for the facts as developed at the trials reveals [sic] a collection of unscrupu- lous public officials who were never "victimized" by the informant or the intermediaries and whose guilt was clear because they were clearly guilty, not because they had been manipulated @ to appear in compromising positions. , before the cameras. j Government's memorandum at 1. The government further argues that the Abscam investigation was pursued in good faith and conducted profes- = C sionally in view of the circumstances, that no right of 1 i any :defendant was infringed and, finally, that whether an operation such as Abscam is "godd" or "bad" is a matter to be decided initially by the executive branch of our government, subject to legislation by Congress, but does not present judicial questions under the due pracess clause. ‘As an alternative to dismissal of the indictment, | - all defendants also move for a new trial on various grounds; including insufficient evidence, errors in the charge, | and Brady violations. See section IX, infra.