In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:45:01 +0000
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> Lords throw McKinnon to the dogs
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> | PENTAGON HACKER Gary McKinnon could have the book
> | thrown at him by US prosecutors after the UK's highest
> | court today quashed his appeal against an extradition order.
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> http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/07/30/lords-throw-mckinnon-dogs
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> The Net is a mess because of Windows, but they target the playful hackers
> (scapegoats).
To do it right, one would have to rout out a fair amount
of internal documentation and ask the right questions,
leading one into a rather thick decision subtree (thicket?
bramble? rat's nest?), and one hopes one can identify the
decision points and, more importantly, the decision makers,
in that subtree, and charge *them*. And even then, one has
to ask as to whether to charge the department managers,
project managers, the engineers, or all three.
A lot easier to find the exploiters, but in a way,
they're only the messengers -- but in a way, they're not;
just because one can easily steal a car (at least, until
recently) with little more than a "Slim Jim" and a certain
type of tool kit doesn't mean the one doing so should get
off scott free.
[rest snipped for brevity -- but it's a lot of brevity :-) ]
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