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> By the way, another other dark side of making paying ransoms legal is that transferring money to a terrorist group (just because they support it) now has a pl
by PhasmaFelis 7y ago
> By the way, another other dark side of making paying ransoms legal is that transferring money to a terrorist group (just because they support it) now has a plausible deniability: "Don't blame me! It was just a ransom!"
Only if you assume that federal law enforcement agencies are a bunch of rule-following robots incapable of rational deduction.
- mattigames 7y agoIf you think federal law enforcement isn't plagued by extremely dumb mistakes you are in for a treat: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-17/fbi-james-comey-trump-with-great-power-comes-great-scandal/8533382 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-17/fbi-james-comey-trump...
- PhasmaFelis 7y agoNo, that's not what I said. I'm saying that the feds are not going to go "Shit, this guy with ties to violent Islamic groups just sent $50,000 to Al Qaida, but he said it was to ransom the files on his PC! Our hands are tied!" That's not how the law works.