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Judge orders New York Times to return documents to Project Veritas and take down story based on privileged communication between reporters and their lawyers
UK Daily Mail ^ | December 25 2021 | RONNY REYES

Posted on 12/24/2021 11:30:47 PM PST by knighthawk

A New York judge upheld his order for The New York Times to return documents they obtained about communications between the conservative activist group Project Veritas and the group's lawyers.

In his Friday ruling, Justice Charles Wood ordered The Times to immediately give back all physical copies of their Project Veritas documents and destroy any electronic copies the newspaper has, as they were protected by attorney-client privilege.

Wood also argued that The Time's story regarding the documents were of no 'general interest and of value and concern to the public.'

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bidenvoters; defamation; newyork; nytimes; projectveritas
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1 posted on 12/24/2021 11:30:47 PM PST by knighthawk
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To: knighthawk

Pink flying pigs are filling the skys...


2 posted on 12/24/2021 11:36:30 PM PST by BiglyCommentary
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To: knighthawk

Meanwhile, the jackboots at the corrupt Eff Bee Eye have copied everything.


3 posted on 12/24/2021 11:41:06 PM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (Jesus is the reason for the Season, NOT Chinese made "presents" from an evil empire.)
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To: knighthawk
'In defiance of law settled in the Pentagon Papers case, this judge has barred The Times from publishing information about a prominent and influential organization that was obtained legally in the ordinary course of reporting.'

How could The Times legally obtain privileged client-attorney documents?

5 posted on 12/25/2021 2:20:03 AM PST by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: ping jockey

I’m not familiar with CMOSS password protection. And I wasn’t able to find anything about it. Could you point me in the right direction?


6 posted on 12/25/2021 2:22:58 AM PST by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: gitmo

One S, CMOS aka the BIOS.

One could also use a Lenovo Thinkpad or similar with fingerprint reader/lock.


7 posted on 12/25/2021 2:35:45 AM PST by Pollard (PureBlood -- youtube.com/watch?v=VXm0fkDituE)
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation

Well, that is where the Slimes got it.


8 posted on 12/25/2021 2:58:20 AM PST by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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To: Pollard

While a CMOS password would prevent one from booting a system, it does not help if the hard disk is removed and attached to a different computer. Your secrets are then open to the world.

The only way to protect your plot to overthrow the world is to encrypt every file that you don’t want viewed. And use a different password key for each file encrypted. Major PITA I know but very safe. If you have a list of password / file associations, keep that anywhere except on the same computer. The preferred storage method for this list is hand-written on cherry-flavored rice paper that can be eaten or flash burned.


9 posted on 12/25/2021 3:26:19 AM PST by ByteMercenary (Slo-Joe and KamalHo are not my leaders.)
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To: knighthawk

Charles Wood is a New York state Supreme Court justice.

Amazing decision.

Completely unexpected.


10 posted on 12/25/2021 3:30:47 AM PST by zeestephen
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To: knighthawk
Further reading explains how Charles Wood got elected.

The "Supreme Court" in New York state is not the highest court.

Every county in the state has a "Supreme Court." Wood was elected in Westchester County, which is a center-right county just north of New York City.

There are two more appellate courts above the county Supreme Courts.

11 posted on 12/25/2021 3:54:00 AM PST by zeestephen
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To: knighthawk

VERITAS needs to really, really rethink their data security approach.


12 posted on 12/25/2021 5:28:33 AM PST by farming pharmer (fork you :(){ :|:& };:)
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To: gitmo
-- How could The Times legally obtain privileged client-attorney documents? --

That's a great question. The answer depends on how one defines "legal" and "not legal."

There is no criminal statute covering the publishing of privileged information, and there was also no court order specifying what may not be published.

Similar with the leaker. It is not a crime to leak privileged information to the press. It is supposedly against work rules and ethics, but violation of work rules and ethics is not a crime.

The bad guys tend to define everything THEY do in terms of "criminal or legal." If the act or omission is not criminal, then it is legal.

13 posted on 12/25/2021 5:41:17 AM PST by Cboldt
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation

Time for a massive lawsuit. Hopefully he can put NY Slimes into bankruptcy and sue the FBI for illegal entry and trespassing.


14 posted on 12/25/2021 5:55:25 AM PST by Machavelli (True God)
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To: gitmo

Why is Julian Assange in prison


15 posted on 12/25/2021 6:06:26 AM PST by Steven Tyler
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To: knighthawk
...they obtained about communications between the conservative activist group Project Veritas and the group's lawyers.

Activist group? How about telling the truth: they are investigative journalists.

16 posted on 12/25/2021 6:31:23 AM PST by AndyTheBear
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Re: Why is Julian Assange in prison

Because the UK has an extradition treaty with the USA.

In the 1990s, when Assange was in his twenties, he hacked into several secret USA government databases and several USA corporate financial databases, and then published (or leaked to journalists) everything he downloaded.

USA law enforcement had no idea who did it, until...

Assange went on the Dark Web and bragged about it.

An arrest warrant was issued, and Assange was permanently denied a visa to enter the USA.

For some reason, the USA did not pursue extradition at that time, even though Assange was often in countries that had a treaty with the USA.

From memory, during the Obama Administration, Assange published another large cache of USA secrets, but had nothing to do with the hack or the spying.

At that point, the Department of Justice re-activated the old Assange warrant and pursued extradition.

Assange hid out in the Ecuador embassy in London for several years, Ecuador finally evicted him, and the Brits arrested him for the purpose of extradition.

He has been fighting extradition ever since.

17 posted on 12/25/2021 6:49:14 AM PST by zeestephen
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To: knighthawk

The propagandist nest , source, should be destroyed. The Times is a domestic enemy and has forfeited it’s right to exist


18 posted on 12/25/2021 6:52:51 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) California needs Zorro to destroy the neoNobility corruption)
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To: knighthawk
Media critics have frowned upon Wood's decision as they argued it threatened the freedom of the press.

Erik Wemple, a media critic for the Washington Post, called the ruling 'a monster lump of First Amendment coal.'

Down is up and up is down.

The nyt and the fbi use thug tactics to try to shut down journalists and stifle free speech. Then the WaPo claims that a judge's ruling against the thug tactics is an attack on the First Amendment.

Why the Washington Post Has No Credibility

Behind The Curtain: How The New York Times Manufactures Lies For Democrats To Attack Their Opponents

Project Veritas Pulled Some Stunning Admissions Out of the New York Times

19 posted on 12/25/2021 6:54:09 AM PST by T Ruth (Mohammedanism shall be destroyed.)
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To: ByteMercenary

For best security the HD should be encrypted as well with a nontrivial different password than the login one.


20 posted on 12/25/2021 7:11:31 AM PST by rlmorel (If the Biden Administration was only stupid or incompetent, some actions would benefit the USA.)
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