Maybe they thought this was what that whole 'transparency' thing was about?

More than 2,000 people gathered outside Romania's government offices in Bucharest on May 3 to protest a move by lawmakers to pardon acts of corruption.  Demonstrators waved Romanian, EU, NATO, and U.S. flags, chanting, "Resign," "This can't go on anymore," and "We have to defend the country from thieves!"  Radio Free Europe