And while we're on politically loaded questions...

[bovil]

Can someone show me a "Republican to English" dictionary?

I want to see where "violated Alaska Statute 39.52.110(a) of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act" translates to "cleared of any legal wrong-doing… any hint of any kind of unethical activity there."

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[kilah-hurtz.livejournal.com]

Actually they can,

"not long ago The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments on a similar case where a hacker turned over evidence that eventually lead to the conviction of some involved in child pornography. The basics of the case are the same, someone used illegal means to gain access to someones personal email account. The information obtained by those means lead to the conviction of the victims of the hack. The court claimed it was a 'loophole' in federal privacy law."


http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/tech-news/?p=178

The same way an officer who finds guns or drugs when investigating a break in can still use it.

[edgreen86.livejournal.com]

Thank you for clearing that up for me. Although I should point out that if a police office finds evidence of a further or different crime during the investigation of another crime is still conducting a 'legal search'. You're final example is totally correct, but not with regards to the results of an illegal search.

But your citing the 11th Circuit Court does clear the question up.

And, by the way, I meant to type 'defending' not 'defining'. I'd barely try to defend her, much less define her.

[holczer13.livejournal.com]

Isn't the big issue with the hackers that they(the hackers) obtained the evidence in an illegal way, but that they(the hackers) are NOT law enforcement or employees of the judiciary? And when they(the hackers) VOLUNTARILY turn in evidence, it is then considered evidence from a "reliable"(or unreliable) witness, rather than evidence the government obtained illegally?

[edgreen86.livejournal.com]

Rules of evidence you would think are fairly clear cut. Not so. Many years ago, I was a cop in the Air Force, and had an arrest I made tossed out of court because I allowed the suspect to remove his jacket before I searched it.

And, there have been cases of 'fruit of the poisoned tree' (evidence gained illegally) being allowed in during the court case.

Its all magic/smoke and mirrors/bullshit.