Assasination politics 3,Terra australis

[Steve Thompson]

Quoting mattd (mattd at useoz.com):
> I wrote:
> > "The Australian Federal Police sound as though they are being maliciously 
> > incompetent. Copying a laptop hard-drive should take no more than about an 
> > hour; and they aren't going to boot the laptop in order to inspect it for 
> > obvious reasons. Regards, Steve "
> The feds are generally regarded as bozo's with sadistic tendencies,(thats 

How much of that is PR is perhaps open to debate, but there are certainly
enough cases where their sadistic tendencies, as you say, have resulted in
significant damage to peoples lives without reason.

> in the police job description)Its been pointed out
> to the victorian state computer squad that are holding it that Norton ghost 
> exists to no avail.Their argument seems to be
> that when they finish probing my pron for steg,etc,etc...they may lay 
> charges and will need the entire machine
> as evidence.They are placing street officers lives in danger by delaying 

I can't comment on the suitability of Norton Ghost for the purpose of making
an image copy of a hard-disk, but the argument is specious at best.  If they
haven't got the procedures in place to assure the proper evidence handling in
that case and therefore need the hardware, then evidence gathered by covert
means (i.e., the copying of a `suspect's' data via either a black-bag job or
by way of tempest surveillance) is just as suspect.

And incidentally, it's obviously quite easy to install arbitrary files on
someone's computer in the same way that a crooked cop might `find' a bag of
cocaine in someone's bathroom.

The long and short of it is that they're obviously full of shit.

> charges(if I am a slavering stone killer)Ill be arguing
> if Im charged that they dont seriously believe me to be a threat.(5 
> months!) The coroner critisised the state police once for not taking 
> threats seriously.Sandy stone may be called for the defense as he will 
> convincingly demolish the reality of the 'threat'.

Which is probably a trivial task.  But these sorts of incidences are probably
simply harassment and intimidation.  Amusing, isn't it, that the people
nominally responsible for maintaining order and the safety of a country's
civilians are the ones who would cause just as much (or more) harm to their
citizenry than would a putative criminal.

Some would no doubt argue that such measures are the price of liberty.
 
> Operation soft drill could save you from your 'leaders' for a suprisingly 
> low amount.How much is your progressive enlightened experiment worth?"Id 
> buy that for a dollar"

Eh?


Regards,

Steve

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