Mike, I agree with most of the stuff you said. However in the case of Duncan III, Duncan was trying to use disclosure of the decryption keys as a mean to bargain for a lesser sentence. Whereas if US had something similar to RIPA2000, the DA office would have the upper hand in the negotiation. Why was decrypting the information so important? Decrypting the information on the laptop would provide a complete list of his victims, and bring closure for the victim's families. According to both criminal and civil law as promulgated by every state legislature in the U.S., each family member of a "victim" is also deemed a victim. This is called "Loss of Consortium" and derives from the real and measurable damage suffered due to another's criminal or willfully negligent acts.
Also, in similar cases, RIPA2000 would provide the means to keep the suspects in violent crimes off the streets while the DA builds the case. Saqib Ali _______________________________________________ FDE mailing list [email protected] http://www.xml-dev.com/mailman/listinfo/fde
