"the ability of the government to go back to taps collected years earlier to look for material with which to influence potential witnesses in the present"

[coderman]

On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 9:14 AM, coderman <coderman at gmail.com> wrote:
> ...
> (4) cybersecurity threats;  [ED: WTF???]


i should have noted: this is not so unusual after all!

seems DITU trying to get their ducks in a row since May 2011
administration efforts to expand CFAA with a modification which
“Clarifies that both conspiracy and attempt to commit a computer
hacking offense are subject to the same penalties as completed,
substantive offenses.”

most recently trotted out again this month by Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont).


IC doesn't delay until after the bad happens to intervene,
 why can't FBI have this courtesy?
  (parallel construction cumbersome!)