On Sat, 30 Nov 1996, Anonymous wrote:
Again, I would argue that such a statute needn't even exist given the rules already well estlablished and demonstrated in action with regard to indefinate seizure of computer hardware even in the absence of criminal claims against the owner.
Please forgive my naivete, but are there no legal weapons available to the 'victims' in such cases? I'm passingly familiar with the Operation Sundevil fiasco -- i.e., with the outcome re the principal 'charges'. I'm appalled, however, at the apparent lack of remedies for return of such seized property. Are individuals who find themselves in such a predicament simply at the government's mercy (there's an oxymoron for ya)??
Of course you can fight a seizure, and try to compell them to return your property. About all they have to say to get a judge to look at you like you're crazy is "Your Honor, this is material evidence being used in the ongoing investigation of a crime. We can't simply hand it back and try and rent time with it to do our forensics tests...." -- Forward complaints to : European Association of Envelope Manufactures Finger for Public Key Gutenbergstrasse 21;Postfach;CH-3001;Bern Vote Monarchist Switzerland