On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 5:55 PM, Henry Paul <[email protected]> wrote:

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> http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10172866-38.html


The article states:

"Boucher was read his Miranda rights, waived them, and allegedly told the
customs agents that he may have downloaded child pornography."

Did the defendant's waiver of his Miranda rights give the judge a legal
basis on which to compel the subsequent decryption?  I can't help but wonder
if the judge would have reached the same decision (to compel decryption) if
the defendant had not already waived Miranda and admitted to criminal
behavior during the initial discovery/inspection.  Compelling decryption
after the fact still seems fishy to me on 5th amendment grounds. I guess I
better get used to the lengths to which governments will go when trampling
basic civil liberties.

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