Idaho Killer Holds Encryption Key to Laptop Mystery

["Richard M. Smith" <rms () bsf-llc com>]

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Idaho Killer Holds Key to Laptop Mystery 

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS 
The Associated Press


COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho - 


As the man accused of kidnapping two children and killing their family waits
in a jail cell for a federal indictment to be handed down, he still holds
what could be a bargaining chip: An encrypted laptop that may contain more
horrors.

The FBI's top hackers apparently have been unable to break through Joseph
Edward Duncan III's security encryptions, and a plea bargain Duncan's
lawyers struck Monday with state prosecutors says the key must only be
shared with his defense lawyer.

The computer key may provide Duncan some negotiating leverage in the next
few weeks when authorities file federal charges that are expected to carry
the death penalty.

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