Re: Hey, I know -- let's threaten the president in e-mail!

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From: Earl Cooley
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1994 12:43

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In article <Co4vBv.IEs@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca> rjwells@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca (Justin Wells) writes:
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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..
>
The United States Supreme Court has ruled that it is legal for US Law
Enforcement people to kidnap and bring into the country foreign nationals
for trial under US law. Not even foreign heads of state are immune (like
Noreiga, for example).
--
Earl Cooley III
shiva@indial1.io.com

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