Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: "Michael P. Deignan" Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Neidorf Trial - Press Release on Dismissal Message-ID: <10400@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 2 Aug 90 22:44:43 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Organization: Small Business Systems, Inc., Esmond, RI 02917 Lines: 23 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 539, Message 11 of 13 In article <10254@accuvax.nwu.edu> apple!well.sf.ca.us!well! nagle@uunet.uu.net (John Nagle) writes: >Zenner said the government's decision came after he provided the >prosecutors copies of publicly available documents which demonstrated >that the document Neidorf published electronically contained no secret >information. Should this information not have been made available during "discovery" of the judicial process? If it were made available during the discovery process, then why did this trial ever get off the ground? Or, did the prosecution merely ignore the fact that this evidence existed in the pursuit of a witch-hunt? Michael P. Deignan # mpd@anomaly.sbs.com # ...!uunet!rayssd!anomaly!mpd Author, SCO Ported Software Compendium, and Maintainer of Online Archives Telebit: +1 401 455 0347 Login: xxcp Password: xenix (local rmail ok) Files: /usr/spool/uucppublic/SOFTLIST /usr/spool/uucppublic/ARCHELP