Sklyarov Clarifies Circumstances of Release, Testimony

*ZiggyP0P* writes: "We remember hearing how Dmitry was let off and released (so he can finally go home) but how he had to cooperate with the government in the prosecution of his employer as a plea bargain. Turns out that this was all a lie by the Justice Dept. Skylarov has released his own statements which explain what exactly happened. He has entered into no legal plea bargain and he is still employed by Elcomsoft (even though the justice dept called him his former employer)."

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Skylarov rates high on the Trust-O-Meter, eh?

[Tsar]

Turns out that this was all a lie by the Justice Dept...

Why is it that, when it's the Government's word versus some cracker's, everyone always wants to believe the cracker? Doesn't the Justice Department have a lot more to lose by lying about this?

And if we really think our own government is so evil, why are we still here?

Re:Skylarov rates high on the Trust-O-Meter, eh?

[NoMoreNicksLeft]

Assume it is evil, and that it's a problem for me. Where am I gonna go?

I keep wishing for some big tech breakthrough to tumble into the laps of a hacker like myself, that would let me escape all this. Teleportation maybe? We'd beam off to the moon or something, and tell them to go fuck themselves. And when they call us rebels and try to collect taxes, we'd just teleport some solar plasma into the Washington DC area. I would teleport them to the sun, but that seems awfully cruel to a star that has warmed and comforted us for so long.

Yes, I'm 28 and I still daydream.

Re:Skylarov rates high on the Trust-O-Meter, eh?

[InsaneGeek]

You have it so wrong, please actually think about the facts before spouting off, like some brainless slashdroid. Using your analogy it would properly be stated like this...

An American gun maker/seller being arrested in
Japan for making guns in the US & selling them in Japan.

If his dumbass company would not have had their servers located in the US, it would not be an issue, but because the servers were physically located in the US, it is breaking the law *IN THE US* (download from Chicago, and the credit card transactions occur from a town in Washington, both IN THE US). That's what all the mindless droids don't get, it's not that it was created in Russia and somehow we are locking up people who do things legal in their home country when they come to the US. As long as they don't do their shit *in the US* then we don't do shit (and looking over history we haven't done anything until they physically bring it to the US). This was the entire point of Sealand (Havenco) do your shit in their country where just about anything is legal and other countries can't touch you, because your doing transactions physically in another country.

Sheesh, sometimes people really need a cluestick to the head.

I pledge allegiance to the flag....

[Newer Guy]

I pledge allegiance to the flag Of the Corporate States of America And to the corporations for which it stands One cartel Inhumane Motivated by greed With liberty and justice for the top 2% of wealth

Re:Shame on us

[emn-slashdot]

When has our country not looked like an ass?