GEORGE D. HARDY Assistant U.S. Attorney 4. I have been advised by the Federal Bureau of Investigation that the public release of the identity of the two victims could cause serious financial and security difficulties for the victims. Until now, the victims have been identified only to the defense, as part of the criminal discovery in the case. Silly me, I thought the people who had their credit card information exposed were the victims. 5. The difficulties facing these victims include the probability that additional hackers will seek to challenge these computer systems, once the defendant's successful efforts are revealed; and the loss of business due to the perception by others ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ that computer systems may be vulnerable. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Uh... Excuse me, Dude, but I believe that's how life works. Unless, of course, the government steps in to cover up the facts to the benefit of rich corporations and to the detriment of their gullible customers. 8. The defendant's counsel was contacted regarding this motion. She expressed a willingness to agree to it, but only if the government agreed to limit in some way the government's appropriate public release of the defendant's guilty pleas as a deterrent to others. Such an arrangement was not acceptable to the government. Defendant's counsel therefore indicated that she would like to file an opposition to this motion; but would agree that pending the resolution of this issue, that the identities of the victims could be protected. The cunt sold her client down the river for a good tee time with the prosecutor at a private golf course. Put her in charge of defending Terry McNicols. "Smak" delivered an encrypted CD containing over 100,000 stolen credit card numbers. After the validity of the credit card information was confirmed through decryption of the data on the CD, "Smak" was taken into custody by the FBI. And the 100,000 people were immediately notified that their credit cards had been compromised? I fucking doubt it. Better to screw over 100,000 citizen-units than expose the incompetence of a few companies and the government's fight against strong encryption and computer security. ShitMonger