So grab your popcorn; the curtains are being drawn open. There will be doubt cast over the authenticity of these letters, though journalists from respected Philippine news organizations will have already contacted the parties involved to confirm them. There will be assertions that plagiarism isn’t a crime, though this case is a question of Senate ethics; besides, Justice Secretary Leila De Lima has already said that plagiarism is indeed a criminal offence under existing Philippine law and under the Cybercrime Act.