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> During his initial appearance in a federal courthouse in Santa Ana, Calif., the prosecutors indicated a willingness to reduce or drop the child pornography ch
by Filligree 11y ago
> During his initial appearance in a federal courthouse in Santa Ana, Calif., the prosecutors indicated a willingness to reduce or drop the child pornography charges if he would tell them about the C-17, said Sara Naheedy, Gartenlaub’s attorney at the time.
Really? Really.
- coffeedean 11y agoThat is the key bit of the whole story. I can only imagine how many more cases have been handled like this, with drug crimes or tax evasion charges used instead of pornography.
- CyberDildonics 11y agoThe CEO of Quest went to jail for insider trading after refusing to bend to the NSA.
- jordanb 11y agoDownvoters: What the parent says is true: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2007/10/qwest-ceo-nsa-punished-qwest-refusing-participate-illegal-surveillance-pre-9-11 https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2007/10/qwest-ceo-nsa-punished...