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Update on the NWA boarding pass generator
From: "Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 05:36:36 -0500
I know you guys dont like /. but this is where I saw it: from: http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/06/10/28/2358202.shtml *"The FBI has raided the home <http://slightparanoia.blogspot.com/> of Christopher Soghoian, the grad student who created the NWA boarding pass site <http://it.slashdot.org/it/06/10/27/2124231.shtml?tid=172>. Details can be found on his blog <http://slightparanoia.blogspot.com/> including a scanned copy of the warrant. The bad news is that he really did break the law. The good news is that Senator Charles Schumer did it first<http://www.senate.gov/%7Eschumer/SchumerWebsite/pressroom/press_releases/2005/PR4123.aviationsecurity021305.html>, 19 months ago, on an official government website no less. The outcome of this trial should be at least academically interesting. At best, it could result in nullifying some portion of the law(s) that the TSA operates under."* Read on for Sparr0's take on what laws may apply in this case. Boiling down some of the legalese, the charges (if any are filed) will be "conspiracy to knowingly present a false and fictitious claim upon or against the United States, or any department or agency thereof in violation of USC 18 (secs. 2<http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sec_18_00000002%E2%80%94000-.html>, 371<http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sec_18_00000371%E2%80%94000-.html>, 1036<http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sec_18_00001036%E2%80%94000-.html>, 1343<http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sec_18_00001343%E2%80%94000-.html>, 2318<http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sec_18_00002318%E2%80%94000-.html>) and USC 49 (secs. 46314<http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode49/usc_sec_49_00046314%E2%80%94000-.html>and 46316<http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode49/usc_sec_49_00046316%E2%80%94000-.html>) and 49 CFR (secs. 1540.103<http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/09nov20051500/edocket.access.gpo.gov/cfr_2005/octqtr/49cfr1540.103.htm>and 1540.105<http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/09nov20051500/edocket.access.gpo.gov/cfr_2005/octqtr/49cfr1540.105.htm>)" (edited for brevity). ------------------------------------ Sent in rich text so you guys can have the links with out going to /.
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