Tim May wrote:
As to why the deal included this single remaining count, the news stories are filled with much verbosity on this. Stuff about fig leaves, sending messages to other secret holders, etc.
You claim to be a librarian...look it up.
The question was rhetorical, Tim. I followed all the news reports, etc. It's bullshit -- Lee gets totally screwed, since the files he downloaded weren't (or so the news story goes) even classified material when he downloaded them, only later to cover the government's ass. My question remains - if the judge really felt he was getting screwed, all he had to do was dismiss the case. -- Harmon Seaver, MLIS Systems Librarian Arrowhead Library System Virginia, MN (218) 741-3840 hseaver@arrowhead.lib.mn.us http://harmon.arrowhead.lib.mn.us