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From: seals@uncecs.edu (Larry W. Seals)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Len Rose and problems in Illinois
Message-ID: <1990Oct29.175540.23987@uncecs.edu>
Date: 29 Oct 90 17:55:40 GMT
Organization: UNC Educational Computing Service
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I just noted a posting in comp.dcom.telecom concerning more problems
for Len Rose. Apparently he moved to Illinois in response to a job
offer from a software house there. After a week on the job he was
accused of unauthorized access of files and confronted with a certain
posting being circulated on USENET concerning alleged wrongdoings.
According to the post, he has been jailed for "computer tampering".

This whole thing is starting to smell really fishy.  Has Mr. Rose
become some sort of fixation for the feds, or is he a warning to the
rest of us to mind our manners and keep our heads down? While what I
know of Len is through the media and on USENET, it appears that 
either the powers that be want to break him completely or he is very
self-destructive.

If the former is true then it brings to mind a line I heard in 
conjunction with some horror film a while back:

"Be afraid. Be very afraid."

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