[FedCom] Re - Penalties for release of SBU ???

[Howie]

if he found this info on a website that ANYONE COULD access hows he thnk 
he`d be in any troiuble lookiing at it or tewlloig someone else about it?

They certainly didn`t put the info on a website and  be assured no one would 
go there and view it,or didn`t expect anyone to see it.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John" <jmm346g at fastmail.fm>
To: <fedcom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2009 7:28 PM
Subject: Re: [FedCom] Re - Penalties for release of SBU ???


> You have already implicated yourself in this matter.
>
> 1) You posted information about something that apparently should not have 
> been posted.
>
> 2) You apparently looked at that info.
>
> 3) You continue to speak about that info.
>
> The best thing for you to do is send everyone the link. Otherwise, when an 
> access audit is performed you, Chinese spies, and Russian spies will 
> probably be the only non-government IP address that are identified. Once 
> your IP address is identified as being in the US, your case will certainly 
> be fastracked because there will not be any diplomatic procedures to deal 
> with (I assume you are a US citizen.).
>
> As long as you are the only one looking at these documents you can expect 
> all of the penalties. If there are others looking at the docs, then it 
> becomes so much more complicated: separate trials?, joint trials?, 
> multiple jurisdictions?, etc. So much more complicated that the agency in 
> question would probably just drop the entire matter instead of going after 
> you.
>
> It really would be better for you to not be the sole person looking at 
> these documents. Proceed accordingly.
>
> John
>
> P.S. I am not a lawyer so do not use any of the above in place of advice 
> from a legal advisor.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: hithel <hithel at yahoo.com>
> Date: Friday, May 22, 2009 10:03 am
> Subject: [FedCom] Re - Penalties for release of SBU ???
> To: fedcom at mailman.qth.netReply-To: Discussion of Federal Government 
> Communications <fedcom at mailman.qth.net>
>
>
> 1. I found the SBU item at a unprotected federal website - no password was 
> required to access the document. The document is in a cluster of 4 radio 
> freq documents - the 3 other links are dead.
>
> 2. I actually found another document today that includes a password to a 
> protected federal frequency (ftp) website. (I would rather have the 
> password to Fort Knox thank you :-)
>
> 3. I dont want to post the link to the SBU item - I dont think a Fed judge 
> would look kindly on the "I just posted a link" excuse.
>
> Peter Sz
>
>
>
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