QUOTE(A Horse With No Name @ Fri 23rd October 2009, 2:22pm)
I will raise one point, however -- some months ago, NuclearWarfare (of all people) stated on his talk page that he was informed by "checkusers" that they were aware of "banned" editors who became admins. He used the plural -- editors and admins.
Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally. Fascinating.