encryption laws (fwd)
Jim Choate
ravage at EINSTEIN.ssz.com
Wed May 21 18:38:22 PDT 1997
Forwarded message:
> Subject: Re: encryption laws (fwd)
> From: dlv at bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
> > If they had reasonable cause to believe you had knowledge of the key and
> > were refusing to divulge it under direct order of the court you would be
> > held in contempt until you were very old and gray.
>
> Yes - the 5th Amendment is useless like all the other consitutional "rights".
The 5th is meant to apply ONLY to persons being accussed of a crime, it is
not nor was it ever meant to protect non-accussed persons from turning over
evidence of criminal acts.
Jim Choate
CyberTects
ravage at ssz.com
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