[SpamCop-Social] Re: Wi-Fi Defendant Not Guilty of All Charges

[Trent Creekmore]

I sure would like to know how the heck US DOJ had ANY jurisdiction to
prosecute the case at all. Since when does hacking into a STATE government
(especially from their own office)  constitute "interstate commerce"?




"Frog Prince" <me at privacy.net> wrote in message
news:b3gt7m$mkq$1 at news.spamcop.net...
> This is what we face from the likes of the Bush DOJ
>
> Stefan Puffer of Houston was indicted several months ago for accessing
> an open Wi-Fi network. The US Dept of Justice, which prosecuted the
> "case" after an FBI investigation, found the indictment worthy of a
> press release
>
> (http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/txs/releases/July%202002/020724-puffer.htm).
>
> More background is at
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=puffer+indictment.
>
> Last week, after almost 15 minutes of deliberation, a jury of his
> peers  found Puffer Not Guilty. See
> http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/metropolitan/1788501 and/or
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/29434.html.
>
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