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http://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 just

http://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 ago
You'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 ago
No, 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 ago
  This 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 ago
    The 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.