On Mon, 25 Mar 1996, Rich Burroughs wrote:
On Mon, 25 Mar 1996, Simon Spero wrote:
If the Leahy bill is unacceptable, what legistlation is necessary? I can't see how the use of cryptography in the commission of a crime needs to be a separate offence, but I could see how it could be treated as a special circumstance - that doesn't really needed a new law though.
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Good question.
Along this line -- what are the penalties for withholding other types of possible evidence from investigating officers? It seems that often the penalites for "computer crimes" are more harsh than for the "normal" version of the crime. Is that the case with the penalties in Leahy's bill?
I have personally been involved in cases involving fines of $75,000 per day for noncompliance with a grand jury subpoena duces tecum calling for the surrender of banking documents.
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