mmotyka@lsil.com wrote:
This discussion about talking to the FBI has me ROTFLMAO. I feel like I'm watching a John Wayne movie with its simplified moral categories of good and evil. Why not say that cooperation is dependent upon the situation? Exercise your judgement.
Exactly. I was rolling my eyes rather than my ass <g>, but it works out the same. The first two examples that came to my mind were kidnaping and security clearance background checks. While one may debate whether kidnaping should be a federal crime, it _is_, and it's the Feebs' job to investigate it. Similarly with background checks for clearances. Perfectly valid reasons to talk to the Feebs. On the other hand, I can't think of a good reason to talk to DEA, ATF, or IRS without a valid warrant. I'm not sure the first two even have a valid reason for existing (the same goes for the IRS, to a lesser extent), and all three have an even more egregious history of violating the norms of decent society than does the FBI. SRF -- Steve Furlong Computer Condottiere Have GNU, Will Travel 617-670-3793 "Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly while bad people will find a way around the laws." -- Plato