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Re: Not necessarily crypto but scary anyway...



On Wed, 8 Feb 1995, Ben wrote:

> Date: Wed, 8 Feb 1995 20:44:27 -0500 (EST)
> From: Ben <[email protected]>
> To: root <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Not necessarily crypto but scary anyway...
> 
> On Wed, 8 Feb 1995, root wrote:
> 
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > A friend advises me that today House Bill 666 passed. This supposedly would
> > allow police officers to use evidence collected illegaly if they 'believed'
> > that it was collected in good faith.
> 
> This sounds like a spoof.  Look at the number.

This would amuse me, as the spoofer would have, in trying to come up with 
an intimidating law that would result in public outrage, instead hit upon 
the current doctrine.

Truth stranger than fiction?

I do seem, however, to recall some mention of legislative clairification 
of the doctrine, so I suspect it to be legitimate.

> 
> Ben.
> 
> 

-uni- (Dark)

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