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Article #119Hey, I know -- let's threaten the president in e-mail!
From: Justin Wells
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1994 06:28
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1994 06:28
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In response to all you American types who think it's such a great idea to break Canadian laws from America via. the net: What would happen if Canadians, and other non-Americans, started posting death threats to president@whitehouse.gov? Clearly this is in violation of *American* law.. probably an outright death threat is in violation of Canadian law.. but there's no doubt some middle ground threat which is fine under Canadian law (what's a president?) but totally illegal in the U.S.A.? Are you going to send your secret service (SS -- funny, those initials remind me of Hitler) to nab me? Probably would.. Mark Terka <werewolf@ionews.io.org> wrote: >in his subject line (I'm assuming the body of the message was encrypted) >like "I'm going to off Clinton"....then he's screwed as US law specifically >allows the authorities to nab you simply for threatening the president. > >If it was a generic eyecatcher (ie Clintons Assassination) in an encrypted >message, it might be a pretty thin call as to whether it was genuine >investigation or harrassment. Justin -- Justin Wells (rjwells@uwaterloo.ca, stem@io.org, stem@sizone.pci.on.ca) tired: alt.fan.karla-homolka wired: seizures (legal/medical) related to alt.fan.karla-homolka
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