The affidavit/complaint we link to at cluebot.com contains an allegation from the Feds that Bell only 'fessed up to (in previous interviews with l.e.) authoring the AP essays. I do not recall reading about, or writing about, Bell being charged with deploying a working AP system. No, they've been prosecuting him using far more mundane allegations of SSN misuse, stinkbombs, and stalking. AP just gives it all spice, I suppose. -Declan On Mon, Nov 27, 2000 at 11:46:14PM -0500, R. A. Hettinga wrote:
At 7:45 PM -0800 on 11/27/00, Tim May wrote:
(I think any of us could be called as witnesses to refute a state claim that he was deploying a real system!)
Which, unfortunately, and IIRC, he actually *pled* to, nonetheless.
Sheesh.
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