Skype Makes Chats and User Data More Available to Police: Good or Bad?
Heisenberg
2012/07/26 20:00:00
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WASHINGTONPOST.COM reports:
The changes have drawn quiet applause in law enforcement circles but hostility from many activists and analysts.
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Kevin1111 2012/07/26 19:33:15Bad
+11The police do not care about justice or about right and wrong, they don't care about what kind of damage they do to you and your family. They only care if they can gather enough evidence to make it look like you've committed a crime. They think this is what they are supposed to do, so they use any means they are allowed to use, then they twist what they find around to make you look as guilty as possible.
Big brother Obama is moving at light speed to destroy America and all that it stands for.
Privacy is highly important to me. People on the web have now been warned, so, watch what you do with skype.
If I make the guess that half a mil from each, and you are looking at 2 million, easily. Because they were awarded as damages due, I don't believe that 2 mil was taxable either. (I can be wrong on that)
That can go a really long way.
Other things that happened to him in his life:
"On July 1997, U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, prompted by a reporter's question at her regular weekly news conference, expressed regret over the FBI's leak to the news media that led to the widespread presumption of his guilt, and apologized outright, saying, "I'm very sorry it happened. I think we owe him an apology. I regret the leak.""
"On July 4, 2001, Jewell was honored as the Grand Marshal of the Carmel, Indiana's Independence Day Parade. Jewell was chosen in keeping with the parade's theme of "Unsung Heroes.""
"On April 13, 2005, Jewell was exonerated completely when Eric Rudolph pled guilty to carrying out the bombing attack at the Centennial Olympic Park, as well as three other attacks across the South. On August 1, 2006, Georgia's Governor, Sonny Perdue, honored Jewell for his rescue effort...
If I make the guess that half a mil from each, and you are looking at 2 million, easily. Because they were awarded as damages due, I don't believe that 2 mil was taxable either. (I can be wrong on that)
That can go a really long way.
Other things that happened to him in his life:
"On July 1997, U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, prompted by a reporter's question at her regular weekly news conference, expressed regret over the FBI's leak to the news media that led to the widespread presumption of his guilt, and apologized outright, saying, "I'm very sorry it happened. I think we owe him an apology. I regret the leak.""
"On July 4, 2001, Jewell was honored as the Grand Marshal of the Carmel, Indiana's Independence Day Parade. Jewell was chosen in keeping with the parade's theme of "Unsung Heroes.""
"On April 13, 2005, Jewell was exonerated completely when Eric Rudolph pled guilty to carrying out the bombing attack at the Centennial Olympic Park, as well as three other attacks across the South. On August 1, 2006, Georgia's Governor, Sonny Perdue, honored Jewell for his rescue efforts during the attack."
And he STILL worked in law enforcement after that.
"Jewell had worked various law enforcement jobs, including as a police officer in Pendergrass, Georgia. He worked as a sheriff's deputy in Meriwether County, Georgia until his death. He also gave speeches at colleges."
Src: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
If they get that permission, then there is *reasonable* suspicion that it is indeed happening. If not, then it goes no where. Whatever claims that warrant that phone taps are seen as groundless.
Part of the discovery process also includes making everything found available to the defense, and not just cherry pick to make up their minds, so no it's not a one sided deal. Get arrested, you will get everything they got too.
I wish people would undertand more about how the judicial system works. The police can't intercept or listen into call 'just because'. They have to do it in compliance with the law. and the law is very clear on that.
That's part of the problem, they tend to think everyone is guilty. Watch all those shows and documentaries about misguided justice, where someone is later proven innocent, but were failed by overzealous police and prosecutors, failed by the whole justice system, and spent years in prison because of this. Invariably when they interview all the people involved in the case, the police are the most adamant about how the person deserves the worst possible punishment. Even in the face of proof to the contrary, they often don't believe it and they stick to this position.
If they can't keep their personal feelings out of their job and it affects what they do, then justice is not being properly handled.
But they are also human, and humans make mistakes. You can not reasonably expect police not to have at least some emotional connection to what is going on, and that causes people to do things that may not be right. Part of what the courts are suppose to do is mitigate that as much as possible.
But we're all human. Yes, it happens. Should it? No.
The best that can be done is when it's found out, reparations are made and those that did step over the line made to understand why. And asked if they want to continue because those incidents will happen again. Are they emotionally healthy enough to separate themselves from the crime.. if not, then they can't do the job.
And I had the name reversed, it's project innocence.
http://www.innocenceproject.org/