Clearing your browser history can be deemed 'obstruction of justice' in the U.S.

CBC News ^ | June 9, 2015 | Lauren O'Neil

[2ndDivisionVet]

Next week, a 24-year-old man who knew Boston Marathon bombers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev is scheduled to appear in U.S. Federal Court for sentencing on obstruction of justice charges related to the 2013 attacks.

Khairullozhon Matanov, a former taxi driver, did not participate in or have any prior knowledge of the bombings, according to U.S. authorities.

What could land him 20 more years in prison — where he has been since his arrest — are the charges that he deleted video files from his computer and cleared his browser history in the days following the attacks.

A Grand Jury indictment issued on May 29, 2014, states that Matanov "deleted a large amount of information from his Google Chrome Internet cache" following the bombing, including "references to the video of the suspected bombers [later identified as the Tsarnaevs]," "two of the photographs of the bombers released at approximately the same time," and "a photograph of Officer Sean Collier, who had been allegedly killed by Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev."

According to the​ indictment, the FBI was able to restore some of the deleted information from Matanov's computer in "an ongoing forensic review."(continued)

[dragonblustar]

Ooop, I just cleared it. And again, and again, and again.....

[Flick Lives]

Here is the current regime’s rule. You are guilty. It is only a mater of selecting one of a billion rules with which to charge for failure to comply.

[grumpygresh]

What about allowing your computer to be infected with an especially pernicious virus that destroys files? There probably are some out there that could do it.

[Tallguy]

Ya mean like Hillary and her private email server?

[Triple]

This case has serious implications for Hilliary.

[HotHunt]

I just cleared my browser history. Hillary erased her entire server. Who’s in more trouble?

[VRWCarea51]

You of course.

[HotHunt]

I thought so. Do they break down my front door to come get me? Or surround the house with a swat team and helicopters overhead? Or just send me a letter as to when and where to report to the break-the-rules-of-engagement prison for improper internet surfing as dictated by the Obama regime?

Lord, please let me keep my sense of humor about these darks days or I will go mad. Get me though this fart in American history until some sanity can be restored to our once great nation.