17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
a conscious being, Jim choate wrote:
Assuming the arrest warrant was good not revealing the key to a duly authorized court representative would be illegal (ie interfereing with a police investigation). If the courts serve a warrant for your arrest and the confiscation of data on your hard drive (and you refuse to turn the data over even after talking w/ an attorney) is specificaly mentioned you are opening yourself up for another whole world of legal hurt.
I would like to hear what Duncan has to say, but... 1) He did give them the data, they just can't read it. (not his problem). LIke if I wrote some notes in French, I don't think I woudl be required to translate them. 2) Then their is the issue of 5th Admendment issues... /hawk