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Re: 'Embarrassed' Man Sues Microsoft After FBI Finds Sex Videos On His PC
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 13:34:36 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: DV Henkel-Wallace <gumby () henkel-wallace org> Date: March 7, 2007 1:27:57 PM EST To: "David P. Reed" <dpreed () reed com> Cc: David Farber <dave () farber net>Subject: Re: [IP] Re: 'Embarrassed' Man Sues Microsoft After FBI Finds Sex Videos On His PC
Dave (and David), there's another, important, issue not being discussed:He was being investigated for financial fraud, not for perfectly legal nudie images. Yet the latter made it into the press.
It's one thing to have evidence presented in open court (and the usual rules of evidence give the defense an opportunity to block public disclosure, though I don't know how often that happens). But disclosing stuff that has nothing to do with an ongoing criminal _investigation_ is utterly unreasonable.
I understand that stuff can be discovered "in the moment" -- e.g. while serving someone with a traffic warrant the cop sees illegal drugs on the table -- but that's not the issue here.
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