| said by BellSouthBS:
18 USC 2515 forbids the use of information or data over a wire being used, without an order (warrant) for wire tap, IN ANY COURT OF LAW.
»townofdavie.com/usdoj_wiretap.html
and case precedent for revealing the identity of online users has been set by ACLU v. NJ
»www.citizen.org/pressroom/release.cfm?ID=985
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Neither of these two references have anything to do with the matter at hand! The first reference relates to "wire taps". The second reference relates to the identities of people posting articles on a public bulletin board, who are not using their real names. The matter at hand does not involve either of these issues! There was no "wire tap" and no one posted to a public bulletin board without using their real name! The matter at hand simply involves a request to identify who was assigned a given IP address at a given time. Now true, once that information has been obtained it will most likely be used in other legal proceedings, and those legal proceedings may be subject to review or question. But for now the only matter is one of Verizon received a subpoena for information, which by law they were required to honor. The current judge was only enforcing the law related to the subpoena. Another court, another judge will be involved with the underlying issues that resulted in the subpoena being issued! |
