At 5:38 PM -0700 4/17/01, Ray Dillinger wrote: >On 17 Apr 2001, Dr. Evil wrote: > >>> Although ChoicePoint says it has records >>> on nearly every American with a credit card, ><snip> >>> Journal. But entering the name of FBI >>> Director Louis Freeh into the Autotrack >>> database produces an error message. A >>> company spokesman says ChoicePoint >>> intentionally blocks Mr. Freehs records as >>> an act of good corporate citizenship. > >I think I'd have called that *BAD* citizenship, actually. >If it turns out they are wilfully concealing evidence of >crimes, don't they wind up charged as accessories? Scienter...they're not accessories if they are not aware of possible criminal action, least of all if they are blocking access to a _class_ of persons. What law school did you say you're attending? --Tim May -- Timothy C. May [EMAIL PROTECTED] Corralitos, California Political: Co-founder Cypherpunks/crypto anarchy/Cyphernomicon Technical: physics/soft errors/Smalltalk/Squeak/agents/games/Go Personal: b.1951/UCSB/Intel '74-'86/retired/investor/motorcycles/guns
