Anyone who uses the term "witch hunt" to describe the Salazar/NOP situation might as well have made a signed statement affirming one of the following:
1. His or her IQ is somewhere in the mid-80s at the highest;
2. He or she is lying;
3. He or she is feigning having one or more of the above qualities;
For the numerous people who obviously don't know this, the colloquial term "witch hunt" refers to a hounding of individuals founded on sketchy or nonexistent evidence.
If the NOP were being widely and energetically accused of harboring a half-dozen pedophile-athletes on the basis of one of its members reportedly having a childhood picture of himself running around naked beside a pool, THAT would be a "witch hunt."
If 17 different meth-heads tell the police that they got their product from a particular dealer, and the police decide to look into it, this is NOT a "witch hunt."
Thanks for your attention to propriety in this matter.