full-disclosure - Re: Attorneys for Palin email hacker: 'Don't call him hacker'

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Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:34:15 +0200
From: "James Matthews" <nytrokiss@...il.com>
To: "Trollie Fingers" <trolliefingers@...il.com>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: Attorneys for Palin email hacker: 'Don't call
	him hacker'

He should be called wikipedia reader!

On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 10:26 PM, Trollie Fingers
<trolliefingers@...il.com>wrote:

> Very interesting:
>
> *The terms "hacker" and "hacking" have no basis under the statute Kernell
> is accused of violating, a motion filed in US District Court in Knoxville
> argues. It goes on to seek an order forbidding prosecutors and their
> witnesses from using those words when referring to the case.*
>
> *"Because of the negative connotations evoked by these terms, there is a
> significant danger of unfair prejudice, confusion of the issues, and
> misleading the jury," the motion states. "Hackers are commonly portrayed as
> dangerous criminals who are involved in malicious conduct such as credit
> card fraud, stealing, intentional disruption of legitimate activities and
> causing economic damages."*
> Full article:
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/13/palin_email_hacker_motions/
>
>
>
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