Leak staffer ousted Frist aide forced out in an effort to assuage Dems By Alexander Bolton

The Hill ^ | 02-05-04

[pogo101]

It seems to be stretching 2511 pretty thinly to apply its bar on "intercepting wire communications" to Miranda's knowingly opening a folder that he wasn't supposed to (but was right on his desktop). It reminds me of the headlines I've seen describing what he did as "hacking," which is ludicrous.

[Diogenesis]

In your fine legal analysis, where in the spectrum of wrongdoing do you fix
the hundreds of stolen (still unreturned) FBI files?

[Digger]

I just called Frist's office in Washington and a computerized voice picked up, telling me that Frist's voice mail box was full.

You just waisted your time. These bought & paid for pols by the elites do not care what you think. You won't vote for a dem & you won't vote for a 3rd party candidate. You are TRAPPED in this "Two-Party Cartel". I assume that with GW winning re-election you will get true conservatives on the SC? Dream on.

[Poohbah]

Pretty damn high. But I don't think we should be giving our own people a pass, either.

The ends do not justify any and all means.

[george wythe]

You just waisted your time. These bought & paid for pols by the elites do not care what you think.

You're right about my specific message. One message can be easily ignored by the power elite.

On the other hand, thousands of e-mails or calls will not be ignored. I know some of the Republican staffers, and they will notify their bosses immediately when a bunch of e-mails or phone calls address the same subject.

[Poohbah]

It seems to be stretching 2511 pretty thinly to apply its bar on "intercepting wire communications" to Miranda's knowingly opening a folder that he wasn't supposed to (but was right on his desktop).

Inadvertently opening said folder is one thing.

Wandering in and copying everything in the folder is something else entirely.

[hchutch]

This post is EXACTLY the big problem we have now.

The fact is, the RATs have a license to cheat - and the media will help them get away with it as much as possible.

What we can do is try to make the tampering with the Sixth Circuit in the affirmative action case offset this (note that the NAACP attorney named in the leaked strategy memos has retired and faces an investigation). But I don't expect much more.

[Diogenesis]

Do you have absolute evidence that only one side used the network to look?

[Poohbah]

Do you have absolute evidence that only one side used the network to look?

Nope.

I have absolute evidence that Miranda deliberately used the network to access and copy data he didn't have permission to access. Nail him.

[arasina]

Wow! Where'd you get a copy of the Liberal Media Guidebook? Somebody leak it to you?

Of course, I'm just kidding; it's a great post. In fact, the way you have written it sounds a lot like the Rockefeller SEC memo.

[Prince Charles]

Miranda declined a request for comment. But The Hill has learned that he agreed to resign under pressure from Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah). The Democrats have not agreed to scale back their demands for wide-ranging punishments following a full-blown leak inquiry.

Yet once more, Whorin' Atch bends over for the Demoncrats. And people wonder why this is called the Stoopid Party?

[pogo101]

Inadvertently opening said folder is one thing. Wandering in and copying everything in the folder is something else entirely.

I'm not disputing that. I'm saying it doesn't sound like the sort of thing that a statutory section whose title refers to "intercepting wire communications" was intended to criminalize. Sounds like a lower-level wrong to me, possibly only a tort and not a crime.

[Poohbah]

I'm not disputing that. I'm saying it doesn't sound like the sort of thing that a statutory section whose title refers to "intercepting wire communications" was intended to criminalize. Sounds like a lower-level wrong to me, possibly only a tort and not a crime.

Wrong--it is EXACTLY what the ECPA was intended to criminalize.

[MamaLucci]

If this guy was a democrat staffer he'd be the toast of DC,
on the cover of Newsweak as a hero government whistleblower,
and preparing to be the star witness at a variety of civil rights abuse hearings.

[Poohbah]

OK, so you're just going to extend your low expectations to our side of the aisle.

[Dawgreg]

Read Mychal Massie's column on Tuesday in World Net Daily. He hit the nail on the head as usual. I read this on Drudge and called Frists office and let him have it. I agree, Hatch is just as bad. They let the Demonrats run circles around them......and will it change anything? NOOOOOO! Frist and Hatch need to go and hopefully be replaced with someone with...er......uh......."spine"? Maybe Trent wasn't so bad after all.........but he was just as bad in many ways. I think guts and Republican are two words that just don't go together in the same sentence. Lord, give me strength! :(

[skip2myloo]

If there is a bright spot, it is that Miranda will be free to go on the talk show circuit between now and November and assail the Dems for their chicanerous ways (I hope).

[Dawgreg]

Don't forget that other RHINO......Arlen Specter. I'm donating to his opponent...Pat Toomey. Anybody wanna join me? *~*

[af_vet_1981]

Section 2511.

You are publicly accusing Mr. Miranda of violating all of Section 2511 on a daily basis ? Is that what you just meant to imply ?

I also read news accounts that there was no restriction placed on that network within the Judiciary Committee. Perhaps you could shed some insight on that.

[Poohbah]

You are publicly accusing Mr. Miranda of violating all of Section 2511 on a daily basis ? Is that what you just meant to imply ?

I'm saying that when he, without express permission, went into a section of the network that was not intended to be accessible to all persons, and copied information that he knew he was not allowed to copy, he violated Section 2511.

I also read news accounts that there was no restriction placed on that network within the Judiciary Committee. Perhaps you could shed some insight on that.

If you are speaking of ACLs and network permissions, that claim is irrelevant. It was not intended to leave that material wide open. Once he was in there and realized what material he was accessing, he should've just exited that portion of the network and advised the sysadmin of the problem.

If you leave your back door unlocked, and someone enters your house and steals your property, it's still burglary.