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I am not a lawyer. I would imagine you could be charged with 'obstruction of justice' or some other such law if you did this in the US or as a US citizen. Somet
by almondsays 12y ago
I am not a lawyer. I would imagine you could be charged with 'obstruction of justice' or some other such law if you did this in the US or as a US citizen. Something to think about before doing such a thing.
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- gengkev 12y agodid I ask for my connection to be wiretapped?
- nknighthb 12y agohttp://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/part-I/chapter-73 http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/part-I/chapter-73 This is the federal obstruction of justice statute, could you point out the part that applies to jamming the illegal collection of inadmissible evidence by an agency that enforces no laws or regulations and conducts no criminal or administrative investigations or proceedings?
- deciplex 12y agoYou're absolutely right. The government, NSA, et al, would definitely not take anyone to court over this. That's the wrong tool for this job.
- almondsays 12y agoNo, I'm not a lawyer and/or qualified to do that. Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't care to find out by attempting it.
- x1798DE 12y agoThis is an unintentionally perfect demonstration of the concept of chilling effects. Someone should take a screenshot of this and put it into a textbook. Wikipedia link on chilling effects: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilling_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilling_effect
- alttab 12y agoThe fear of getting caught shouldn't be the only reason you don't do something. Either it's important enough to do, or there's multiple reasons doing something isn't a good idea.
- fnordfnordfnord 12y agoTrolling the NSA to prosecute someone for 'obstruction of justice' for essentially being a nuisance, is a dream scenario for the ACLU/EFF/EPIC/et al.