If there is no physical evidence required for prosecution; simply an allegation of a possibility of harm in the indefinite future, then you’ve built yourself a happy tyranny.
Consider the following piece of satire. It incorporates only 4 deliberate inventions of fact.
SCOOP! Volkswagen Group of America Bugs Out
Coming soon: Bibliography of facts
Update 2016-02-15: Followup article with reading list.
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