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Judge Otis Wright Slams 'Made Up' Government 'Plot' Designed To Ensnare Gullible Poor People
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For years now, we've been writing about the FBI's now popular practice of devising its own totally bogus "terrorist plots" and then convincing some hapless individual to join the "plot" only to later arrest them to great fanfare, despite the fact that everyone (other than the arrested person) involved was actually an FBI agent, and there was no actual danger or real plot (or real terrorists) involved. In fact, we just had yet another such story. We've written about similar occurances over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again -- and, depressingly, it seems that courts repeatedly uphold this practice as not being entrapment. Many have been questioning why the FBI is spending so much time and money creating fake terrorist plots that don't seem to protect anyone (but do give the FBI/DOJ lots of big headlines about "stopping terrorism!"), but the courts have basically let it go.
However, it finally appears that one judge thinks these kinds of things go too far -- and it happens to be Judge Otis Wright, whose name you may recall from being the first judge to really slap down Prenda law for its obnoxious copyright trolling practices. Reader Frankz alerts us to the news Wright has dismissed a case involving the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) for a similar "made up crime" and completely trashed the government for doing these kinds of things. As with his order in the Prenda case, I urge you to read his full dismissal which is granted for "outrageous government conduct." Judge Wright, it appears, is not one to hide his opinions about those who abuse the legal system. The ruling kicks off with a hint of where this is heading:
“‘Lead us not into temptation,’” Judge Noonan warned. United States v. Black, 733 F.3d 294, 313 (Noonan, J., dissenting). But into temptation the Government has gone, ensnaring chronically unemployed individuals from poverty-ridden areas in its fake drug stash-house robberies. While undoubtedly a valid law-enforcement tool when employed to target or prevent demonstrated criminal enterprises, reverse stings offend the United States Constitution when used solely to obtain convictions. <more>
Google = the Internet but Apple = the entertainment industry-Vurbal (March 20, 2014, 02:24 PM)
See! I'm not a 100% raving mad lunatic!-Renegade (March 20, 2014, 11:42 AM)
that's not a given, there could just be 2 of you now-Target (March 20, 2014, 03:16 PM)
Nothing personal but I'd be a lot happier if I thought there was a chance you guys were wrong. There really isn't though.-Vurbal (March 20, 2014, 03:04 PM)
Y'know one of those things that I really can't stand when watching a show... Stupid f*ck scenes. I hate them. I can't stand idiotic sex onscreen for no reason. If I want to see that, I'll get some porn.-Renegade (March 20, 2014, 11:42 AM)
One was convincing individuals to license Office rather than buying it.-Vurbal (March 20, 2014, 09:57 AM)
IMO Windows needs a total ground up redesign, not unlike what Apple did with OS X.-Vurbal (March 20, 2014, 09:57 AM)
) put the effort into the design and testing of the user interface. That and providing reliable hardware drivers. Do that and your millions of customers will love you forever - even if a few thousand consultants will "hates you forever gollum...gollum" for putting them out of business by your doing so.I use PGP/GPG to handle email encryption on the PC and Android (via APG). Surely there is a PGP/GPG client for IOS? Forgive me, if not, as I don't own an iPhone.-skwire (March 20, 2014, 07:32 AM)
I wonder if at some point they'll go for displaying in the same tab as a file / directory listing with synchronizing the current directory.-ewemoa (March 19, 2014, 01:51 AM)
Well, I'm disgusted by this now, after reading this self-explanatory post in OutlinerSoftware.com:[url=http://www.outlinersoftware.com/topics/viewt/5315/15]Outliner Software: OneNote for Mac on the horizon...Is this the deal breaker? Maybe. I don’t want or need all my work notebooks, which I keep on my PC at the office, floating around on SkyDrive or on my other devices. Indeed, there is no such thing as a free lunch.
Steve Z.-IainB (March 20, 2014, 05:30 AM)
The projects that interest me the most right now for the Raspberry Pi are using it to power either a laptop using the Motorola Atrix dock or a DIY Linux tablet.
Until the iPhone came out I didn't realize how close something like that might be. There was an interesting product introduced about 10 years ago called the Mobile Computing Core which incorporated the general idea but never really had a shot in the real world.-Vurbal (March 19, 2014, 09:19 AM)
)The TED Conferences are a lot like that. Much, in fact, like a major film festival: there's an "in" group - and there's everyone else who's also attending. That doesn't detract from the films being shown - just what private parties you'll be invited to afterwards. If that's the sort of thing that offends you, then you're better off staying home. Because that's pretty much how the world works about 90% of the time. And TED is no different.-40hz (March 19, 2014, 12:06 AM)
Oh, I totally agree. It's just that though it's obvious to *you* and to *others* that they aren't fully altruistic and philanthropic, they present themselves as that way. And that's one of the few things that I totally and utterly despise.-wraith808 (March 19, 2014, 10:43 AM)
But doesn't that leave a lot of despising to do since so many public entities ("Konigen, Kirchen, und Dumheit") do the same thing. I just want to get pissed off every so often. I don't want it to become my full time job. (kidding...)I can't help but think Windows-RT will eventually go the way of Windows CE (now CE was one cool and fast little OS!) and Surface the way of Zune.-40hz (March 19, 2014, 12:36 AM)
Don't forget the Windows Tablet PC. That's where I got bitten.-wraith808 (March 19, 2014, 10:41 AM)
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That's a pretty nice little weasel way to put it. Well...I guess that means if some law enforcement or government entity "requests" your info, a court order isn't really required under this wording is it? @Jibz: Was this experience (above) purely from using the FREE OneNote download/install? Was it the 32 or 64 bit version?-IainB (March 19, 2014, 03:43 AM)
It was using the free version, and I downloaded the 32-bit installer, but like 4wd mentioned, it appears to have installed the 64-bit version.-Jibz (March 19, 2014, 07:55 AM)
...that said, after using iOS, it does still feel in its nacency to me.-wraith808 (March 18, 2014, 09:09 PM)
"We have the Windows Phone OS. We have Windows RT and we have full Windows. We're not going to have three. We do think there's a world where there is a more mobile operating system that doesn't have the risks to battery life, or the risks to security. But, it also comes at the cost of flexibility. So we believe in that vision and that direction and we're continuing down that path."
I have been ever since TV Ministries, hospitals, well-heeled universities and colleges have all had that legal distinction conferred on them. Like so many other charming things of the past (i.e. 'public' broadcasting) I don't really think the designation 'non-profit' means much beyond tax treatment these days. Especially now that political action groups can also be non-profit "educational" organizations.Where does that money go?-wraith808 (March 18, 2014, 05:47 PM)
That's a *lot* of money to think that they only "facilitate public forums on random topics".-wraith808 (March 18, 2014, 05:47 PM)
