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- From: billmcc@seanews.akita.com (Bill McCormick)
- Newsgroups: news.sysadmin,news.admin.policy
- Subject: Re: Contraband data on the Net (again)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov11.234511.9510@seanews.akita.com>
- Date: 11 Nov 92 23:45:11 GMT
- Article-I.D.: seanews.1992Nov11.234511.9510
- References: <BxIDzq.Jrz@mtholyoke.edu> <1992Nov10.192754.847@netcom.com>
- Organization: SEANEWS - Seattle Public Access News & Mail
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- In article <1992Nov10.192754.847@netcom.com> nagle@netcom.com (John Nagle) writes:
- > This is a gross exaggeration. For a while back in 1990, there
- >were indeed problems like this. But after much legal and political
- >effort, they have been mostly resolved. The two prosecutors most
- >active in such activities (Cook and Thackary) lost their jobs.
- >The Secret Service agents involved are being sued in Federal court.
- >(Steve Jackson Games vs various persons). The Sturges case in San
- >Francisco ended up being a big political embarassment for the FBI.
- >Read "The Hacker Crackdown" and get up to date.
-
- Does Steve Jackson Games have its computers back yet? It's what, the
- end of 1992...
-
- I don't know about you, but I make a living and feed myself using
- my computer. Government abuses of power will prevent me from doing
- so.
-
- I'm concerned.
-
- Bill
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