[47033] in Cypherpunks
Re: BIG NEWS: PRZ investigation dropped!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Anonymous)
Fri Jan 12 02:23:01 1996
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 08:16:53 +0100
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
From: anon-remailer@utopia.hacktic.nl (Anonymous)
James A. Donald (jamesd@echeque.com) wrote:
: >From: Stanton McCandlish <mech@eff.org>
: >Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 11:53:46 -0800 (PST)
: >
: >Justice Dept. dropped investigation of Phil Zimmermann, declines to
: >prosecute.
:
: I never expected them to prosecute, unless he forced them to by
: toilet bombing the court, but I did expect them to keep on
: "investigating" him forever and a day.
The statute of limitations would have run out in a few months.
They could have kept "investigating" a little longer, but then they would
have looked really stupid investigating a crime that they couldn't
prosecute. That would also have been clear evidence of harassment.
