Reese: (incited)
> >> Are court records public documents, or not? Why wasn't that info
> >> sealed if there was a problem with releasing it?
> >
> >There probably wasn't...agents go on the record.
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> Why then, the subterfuge regarding the identities and case citation?
> Why not be straightforward about it to begin with?
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I was brought up not to gossip. *batty eyelashes*
I was also taught not to turn over rocks.
> >Agents don't get to use remailers and cower behind them.
>
> Cypherpunks don't get the power and sovereign immunity of the reigning
> governmental infrastructure to cower behind.
Good point, I was just gigging you, Reese. Lighten up. :)
> Show me a proof that no Agent has ever used a remailer, that no Agent
> shall ever use a remailer.
Show me proof that you don't have a brain, and that you shall never use it.
That might keep you out of trouble.
> >Do you think you need probable cause for investigation?
>
> I think that probable cause is needed for a valid investigation and
> where evidence is collected, for that evidence to properly be called
> valid in a court of law. In court, it is immensely helpful if the
> defense attorney has at least a half-a-clue and is on the ball,
> volumes could be said about judges who are interested in strict
> construction of all the applicable rules and regulations. See the
> ongoing tribulations and trials of Jim Bell and CJ Parker for some
> infuriating examples of defense attorneys and judges who do not meet
> these ideals in the most exemplary fashion.
I wouldn't know about that.
> I think that in more than a sufficient number of cases, people will do
> what they want, regardless of the letter of the law. I think that some
> people are in better positions to get away with this than others.
I wouldn't know about that.
> I think that those who make their living in law enforcement and/or
> jurisprudence are people, but I may be wrong - some or all of them may
> be sub-human. Such as that isn't mine to decide, nor is it mine to
> announce and/or act on - but I can watch and remember. ;)
Why then, the subterfuge regarding the identities? Why not be
straightforward about it to begin with?
~Aimee
*reptilian slithering sounds*