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Re: "Got a subpoena?"

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NODE d7027839Re: "Got a subpoena?"
On 30 Nov 95 at 12:56, Jay Campbell wrote:

: >> "finessing" laws will become more important.  In short, they WILL have
: >> a subpoena--then what?
: >
: >	Then they'll find out that I don't have any information that
: >could help them, anyway.
: 
: What about a court order to (a) start comprehensive logging, and (b) not
: tell anyone under penalty of ______ .

	And at that point, you shut down the remailer and log each and every 
bounce.

	Now, they could get an order forcing you to run a remailer ~ but that 
would open up a whole new can of worms i.e. can you be forced, under 
court order, to commit a crime?

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NODE 202ebba6Re: "Got a subpoena?"
On Thu, 30 Nov 1995, Jeff Hupp wrote:
> 	And at that point, you shut down the remailer and log each and every 
> bounce.
> 
> 	Now, they could get an order forcing you to run a remailer ~ but that 
> would open up a whole new can of worms i.e. can you be forced, under 
> court order, to commit a crime?

No.  I'm sure someone will come up with an exception, but generally no.   
You can't be drafted into the FBI.  Then there's the 13th amendment 
argument ...

EBD


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> Autocracy is based on the assumption that one man is wiser
> than a million men.  How's that again?  I missed something.
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