In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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wrote
on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:33:22 +0100
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> ____/ Darth Chaos on Friday 18 April 2008 05:51 : \____
>
>> On Apr 17, 6:59 pm, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>> ____/ Darth Chaos on Thursday 17 April 2008 21:43 : \____
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> > On Apr 17, 7:23 am, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >> Senator: Let's monitor P2P for illegal files
>>>
>>> >> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> >> | The software, dubbed "Operation Fairplay," was developed two years ago
>>> >> | by Special Agent Flint Waters in the Wyoming Attorney General's Office,
>>> >> | who, by Biden's description, is considered an expert in the field. The
>>> >> | application is currently being used by all of the regional Internet
>>> >> | Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task forces nationwide and
>>> >> | internationally, Waters told the panel.
>>> >> `----
>>>
>>> >>http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9920665-7.html
>>>
>>> >> Paedophiles... terrorists... suspects of copyright infringements (MPAA
>>> >> calls them "criminals" and "pirates")... all in the same pool.
>>>
>>> > It's an excuse for the criminal government - and yes, the U.S. federal
>>> > government is run by criminals - to use the Military Commissions Act
>>> > of 2006 to secretly arrest and secretly execute file sharers. Just
>>> > being SUSPECTED of being a terrorist is enough for you to disappear
>>> > without a trace.
>>>
>>> Does it mean that some members of the Federal Government can disappear
>>> without a trace? :-p
>>
>> You should know by now that the federal government is above the law.
>> :-p
>
> Whose law? "Theirs" or "Ours". "Us" or "Them"?
>
The Executive Branch of the US Federal Government is above
the law as created by the Legislative and vetted by
the Judicial branches. The reasons for these are multiple
and probably best discussed in another newsgroup. ;-) (No,
it's not because the Constitution permits it! The Bush
Administration has been ignoring that document for years now.)
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