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Subject: Re:  Prosecution in the Internet Worm case
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Date: 27 Jul 89 11:58:42 GMT
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<GAO/IMTEC-89-57 report:
<>                                                        As of
<> March 23, 1989, there have been no indictments in the Internet
<> virus case.  Because it is an open matter, Justice officials
<> would not provide any specific information about the case.

< Do they plan to leave it "open" until the statute of limitations runs out?

< I don't think Mr. Morris should be left hanging like this.  They have all
< the evidence they are likely to get.  If there is a case, fine, indict the
< guy.  If not, drop it.  The current situation bears no resemblance to
< "Justice".
< -- 
< John Gilmore      {sun,pacbell,uunet,pyramid}!hoptoad!gnu      gnu@toad.com

Washington Post A20 Computer 'Virus' Creator Indicted

A federal grand jury indicted Robert Tappan Morris, 24, of Arnold, Md.,
on a "felony charge for creating a rogue computer 'virus' that paralysed
as many as 6,000 computers last November."

"	Morris is the first person charged under the computer-crime
provision of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Acr of 1986, according
to the Justice Department.  If convicted, he could face a five-year
sentence and a $250,000 fine."

	respectfully, stephen northcutt

"As you wish, so be it" The Traveler In Black