On Mon, 27 Nov 2000, Tim May wrote:
More than spice, I think. I think _this_ time they plan to make AP part of their case.
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Granted, they will not try to claim that Bell was running a real AP lottery. But they may make claims that he was planning an assassination. Some jurors might be swayed by the language in AP and by the (alleged) utterance:
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This time they may try to make it a more central part of some case. Hence my comment that some of us may be called by the defense to explain why AP could not possibly be an operational system at this time.
It should be obvious, should it not, that AP isn't deployable at the present time? I would be quite surprised if AP was brought into the case with any greater role than "proof" that Jim was engaged in that most dangerous activty known as thought, focused on the concepts of revolutionary action. "Look, this guy is so dangerous, he even developed an untraceable method for commissioning contract killings!" The prosecution won't want to make AP a major part of their case. It will distract from the cyber-stalking issue, which is what they'll get him on. Besides, free publicity for AP isn't going to make Jeff Gordon sleep any better at night. Alex