My article on Judge Politan's decision: http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,49455,00.html The decision itself: http://lawlibrary.rutgers.edu/fed/html/scarfo2.html-1.html Politech archive on Scarfo case: http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=scarfo Jack is a criminal defense lawyer who works with the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. -Declan --- Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2002 13:32:19 -0500 From: Jack King <jns-jkingat_private> To: declanat_private Subject: Stupid judicial keylogging decision The judge in the Nicky Scarfo, Jr., gambling case decided that the government's keystroke interception technology was too sensitive to be made public. I'm attaching a link to a letter rejected by the Washington Post last August after the judge agreed to hear evidence on the technology -- without the defendant or his lawyers present, what's called an "in camera proffer." http://www.crimelynx.com/kingcomment.html I may have a technical fact or two screwed-up, but this stuff isn't "secret" as readers of PoliTech know. Yrs., etc, -- Jack ===================================================================== Jack King gjkat_private jns-jkingat_private "The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachments by men of zeal, well-meaning, but without understanding." --Justice Louis Brandeis Olmstead v. United States (1928) (dissent) ===================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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