Ashcroft Targets U.S. Cybercrime

Sandy Sandfort sandfort at mindspring.com
Sat Jul 21 13:16:21 PDT 2001


John Young wrote:

> But, to repeat, why the worker and
> not his bosses? Is this a way for
> Adobe/FBI/DoJ to signal the interest
> of its own bosses?

Maybe, but the reason to go after the underling is simple:  He's far less
likely to have the personal resources to do much about it.  Cowardly?  Sure,
but it makes for easier arrests, incarcerations and convictions.

Also, it inexpensively meets the criteria of the old Chinese saying, "To
frighten a dragon, kill a chicken."


 S a n d y





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