LEO's have a fetish fantasy for technology. Like people who think they can violate the Second Law of Thermodynamics, LEO's believe that technology will reach a point where no effort will be required to commit a crime. That as soon as a law is broken, the perpetrator will turn themselves into the nearest police station.
It might very well be difficult to discern the difference between the police that are at the station to work, and those trying to turn themselves in.
This is nothing new. It has been known since at least the late '60s, and I have no doubt before then. But that date is selected because that was when I saw a blind QA study, in a medical journal, on forensic labs. Half the specimens were incorrectly analyzed.
Nothing changes because the system would have to change, and that is not going to happen.
The Feds did at one time, and possibly do, pay for shows, movies, magazines and newspapers to provide stories about drug users coming to bad ends.
Possibly the Feds are paying for the same venues to demonstrate that the Constitution is nothing but technicalities, and that testilying is perfectly moral.
The Executive and Judiciary branches, and the Congress seem unwilling or unable to control a rogue agency. It would appear to be time to call the FBI upper echelon to testify, and to throw them into to cells under the Capitol.
Ignorance of the law is no excuse for civilians. Why should it be an excuse for law enforcement. LEOs are trained, and have free access to legal opinion. Civilians do not.
The FBI can not determine the validity and utility of data coming out of its own laboratory. What is it going to do with access to all the data in the world?
In the early 1970s I had occasion to read a paper on the blind quality testing of forensic labs. Some 50% of the samples were not correctly analyzed. Whether this was the result of sink testing (dry labbing,) or blunder was not known.
As I recall, the San Bernadino case was supposed to be unique, never to be repeated again. But it seems that there are a slew of phones lined up waiting to be cracked.
As I recall, the San Bernadino case was supposed to be unique, never to be repeated again. But it seems that there are a slew of phones lined up waiting to be cracked.
Why do so many attorneys and politicians believe that they know more about every intellectual discipline than people who specialize in those fields? There are about a million attorneys in the US -- they can't all be polymaths.
I watched this ego transformation in my sister who obtained a JD at Yale in her mid 30's -- presumably old enough to have a relatively stable personality. I also saw it occur in individuals who went straight to law school after their BA.
Given that I will never have your eloquence or far farsightedness, I was wondering if you would give me one time permission to copy your outstanding comments on DMCA takedowns.
The only change that I would make would be that any individual or group found to have submitted 6 DMCA violations as you describe them would permanently lose all privileges to submit DMCA take downs in the future, and be barred from the Internet for life.
Laws are not just for little people. There are really 6 sets of laws all told. The second is for the middle class -- those who go into hock to hire an attorney. The wealthy, who can buy "justice." The police, who can do anything except embarrass their superiors. The powerful, who rarely go so far to enter a court room. And of course the government, which almost always gets away with doing as it pleases.
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It might very well be difficult to discern the difference between the police that are at the station to work, and those trying to turn themselves in.
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Nothing changes because the system would have to change, and that is not going to happen.
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Possibly the Feds are paying for the same venues to demonstrate that the Constitution is nothing but technicalities, and that testilying is perfectly moral.
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Re: So tired of the "Leave it to the experts" catch phrase
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Finding an electron in the Universe
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It seems that little has changed.
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I watched this ego transformation in my sister who obtained a JD at Yale in her mid 30's -- presumably old enough to have a relatively stable personality. I also saw it occur in individuals who went straight to law school after their BA.
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How long do they think they can get away with this?
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Re: Mr Gavron
Given that I will never have your eloquence or far farsightedness, I was wondering if you would give me one time permission to copy your outstanding comments on DMCA takedowns.
The only change that I would make would be that any individual or group found to have submitted 6 DMCA violations as you describe them would permanently lose all privileges to submit DMCA take downs in the future, and be barred from the Internet for life.
Thank you for your consideration,
Groaker
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But we all know that it only takes one rotten apple to spoil a barrel.
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When judges had real sentencing powers, instead of mandatory jail terms, the proper place to punish a crime motivated by hate was in the sentencing.
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