Monitoring, Flow Stats (Re: spam whore, norcal-systems)
Dean Robb
pceasy at norfolk.infi.net
Thu Feb 4 04:03:24 UTC 1999
At 17:32 2/3/99 -0500, you wrote:
>At 04:48 PM 2/3/1999 -0500, Dean Robb wrote:
>
>>"Scope of 18 U.S.C 2511 Prohibitions
>>
>>Section 2511 of Title 18 prohibits the unauthorized interception,
>>disclosure, and use of wire, oral, or electronic communications. The
>>prohibitions are absolute, subject only to the specific exemptions in Title
>>III. Consequently, unless an interception is
>>specifically authorized, it is impermissible and, assuming existence of the
>>requisite criminal intent, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2511."
>
>Whoa, whoa, whoa. "specifically authorized" means no transitive
>authorization.
*Sigh*...more in sorrow than anger...read the website, that's why it's
posted. And kindly note the *very important* "assuming existence of the
REQUISITE criminal intent..."; clearly saying that it ain't a crime if
there isn't criminal intent.
Or are we ignoring that inconvenient part of the rules?
Microsoft Windows(tm): How much hair did you want to tear out today?
Dean Robb
PC-EASY computer services
(757) 495-EASY [3279]
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