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To: jttmab who wrote (132311)5/10/2004 10:40:35 AM
From: Hawkmoon  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
ROTFLOL. I suppose there's a little telescope inside your PC that allows you to magically see into the msn server without actually having the data in your PC.

Yeah... it's called Port 80.

Browsed content resides on the server, not your PC (minus spyware, ads, *.gif and .jpg, and of course, cookies.... etc).. To have the content permanently residing on your computer, you would be required to actually download it as a saved file.

I don't have SI content on my computer, yet I'm this website all the time...

When the government makes no attempt to enforce the law and it's violated millions of times, it's unconstitutional to enforce it. Add that as another duck.

That's ridiculous. They might be able to make a case on the behalf of the defendant, but it would not prevent an indictment being brought forth and the individual being placed on trial.

But just to "twist the knife" a bit more, here's something that I found on the "In the Loop" section of today's Washington Post:

washingtonpost.com

No Downloading Secrets From the Internet

By Al Kamen
Monday, May 10, 2004; Page A23

Some top administration officials may have been slow off the mark in reading the Pentagon's report on U.S. abuse of Iraqi prisoners. But Senate staffers, especially those on the relevant armed services, intelligence and foreign relations committees, rushed last week to check things out.

But not so fast. Some Senate aides may have forgotten to go through proper channels to obtain this very secret document by downloading it from the Internet. This is not acceptable behavior.

"As you probably are aware," Mike DiSilvestro, director of the Office of Senate Security, said in an e-mail Wednesday afternoon, "National Public Radio obtained a copy of the DoD report, classified SECRET/NOFORN, and posted it on the NPR website. Naturally, the report is of interest to many Members and staff. If you have not already obtained an official copy of the report from DoD, please do so, rather than printing or downloading the report from NPR."

So NPR, which during the Cold War was affectionately called Moscow on the Potomac, had the report? No matter. "DoD still considers the report classified," DiSilvestro said, "so we do not want classified reports on our unclassified systems, or printed versions floating around outside classified document control systems.

"Please advise your staff not to download and/or print the report from the Internet. They should review official copies that you obtain through normal channels. Staff should inform Members that, despite its public appearance, the report remains classified."

DiSilvestro said he had asked DoD if it intends to declassify the report anytime soon, and was awaiting a reply. "I will let you know as soon as I hear something."

A few hours later, Cindy Pearson, assistant chief clerk and security manager for the Senate Armed Services Committee, followed up with an e-mail to her folks saying that DiSilvestro still hadn't heard from the Pentagon. "In the meantime, Mike asks that if you have downloaded a copy of the classified report from the NPR website, please call OSS and advise them, and they will come by your office and pick it up."

As of Friday afternoon, the report was still classified.