Jim Choate wrote :
On Tue, 5 Dec 2000, John Young wrote:
But that is trivial compared to your claim that you decide what is evidence and that it then becomes illegal to alter or destroy it. That appears to be playing cop without the authority.
No John, that is not my claim. You wish it were I bet. You need to adjust your meds again.
The destruction of property or materials which are evidence of a crime is itself a crime if done intentionally to cover up that crime.
To prove destruction of evidence you must prove that it existed in a form that was retrievable ( good luck ) and then that its destruction was done by a person who was aware of the crime ( not always so in the networking world ) for the purpose of concealing the crime( burden of proof on you ). I clean disk space randomly and not according to any schedule. Erase away, but not on the evil MS platform. Mike The whole idea that a government can assert some sort of eminent domain over all communications is offensive beyond words.