Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: The Ohm Boy Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Neidorf Trial Message-ID: <10518@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 6 Aug 90 17:30:45 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 36 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 546, Message 6 of 11 On 2 Aug 90, mpd@anomaly.sbs.com (Michael P. Deignan) writes: - 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? I am wondering if any of the statements made by BellSouth and/or their legal mouthpiece(s) were said under oath. I would assume, naively, that a sworn oath of affirmation would have to be made before Neidorf could be arrested for the supposed crime. If so, wouldn't that imply that BellSouth perjured themselves? IF BellSouth and/or the representatives thereof have indeed perjured themselves, why has nobody been arrested ? I seem to recall that perjury was a felony, although I guess you can get away with anything if you have 6.02 x 10^23 lawyers on retainer. In the {Washington Post} article of 2 August 1990, by Willie Schatz ( Washington Post Staff Writer ) was the following: - "We weren't aware that this information was publicily available," said - a government source who requested anonymity. "We're pretty - disappointed about this. We'll have to review our relationship with - these people if this continues." Now can somebody explain why the feds would re-evaluate a relationship IF and only IF 'this continues'. I would think that the ethical thing to do would be for the feds to TERMINATE their relationship(s) with BellSouth immediately, rather than waiting for them to possibly perjure themselves in the future. Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to any organizations or persons, living, dead or brain-dead, is purely coincidental. However, flames via e-mail are always appreciated.