>>>>> "Brandon" == Brandon S Allbery KF8NH <[email protected]> writes:
>> Amigo, neither of us is a lawyer or plays one on TV, but I'd >> appreciate if you can show me the SCOTUS case law you allege >> exists. I don't think there's a Woody Allen or "journalistic intent" >> clause that says if Derek steals a classified document, then gives it >> to me, I'm free and clear because I wasn't the person that stole >> it. Or are you asserting there is? I'm open, brother. Brandon> If it was passed to you, there is nothing. Say what? Does "accessory after the fact" not mean anything in your world? This is the complication here. Clearly, somebody violated a law in leaking the documents. Doesn't matter who. *everyone* in possession of said leaks after the fact is an "accessory after the fact". Too bad: that's the way the rules work, unless stated otherwise, but knowingly dealing in stolen material is rarely a defensible position! However, "greater public good" has occasionally trumped lesser crimes, so that would be the only saving throw here. Ergo, Wikileaks is criminal. The NYTimes *might* be criminal, unless a judge accepts the greater public good argument. And Paypal and Mastercard are right to have disassociated from Wikileaks very early, else be pulled in as "aiding and abetting" a criminal element. Trust me... I *want* a transparent government... but publishing stolen documents is *not* the way to do it. Electing Senators with actual Spines is. Too bad we have only the best government money can buy. :-( -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <[email protected]> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.posterous.com/ for Smalltalk discussion _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
