Way back when, in "the good old days", Dershowitz was actually a liberal, I had some respect for him. That's all evaporated. Read here: http://www.newsmax.com/...
From the comments and post on Dkos, we have near unanimity on the the fact that structuring and money laundering in violation of federal law are illegal. So where does this pompous asshole derive his legal theory that Hastert is being persecuted? Maybe Dershowitz would be comfortable about Denny diddling his own grandsons.