Russian Snared By The FBI Sentenced To 3 Years

Mark Cantrell writes "Vasiliy Gorshkov, one of two Russian crackers who were arrested in November 2000 after the FBI broke into their computer systems were sentenced Friday. Taking pity on Gorshkov's family, they sentenced Gorshkov to 3 years in prison and a fine of nearly $700,000 USD. They also mention how a U.S. judge found that the FBI wasn't breaking any laws in breaking into a Russian computer system, despite the fact that they were breaking a Russian law doing so. So apparently, it's ok for Americans to break Russian law if they're in the U.S., but not ok for Russians to break U.S. law, even while in Russia."

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Re:No wonder everyone hates the USA

[GreyWolf3000]

Invade another country, against the will of the international community, against established international law, and with little or no evidence.

Where are you getting your news from? Slashdot posts? University activists? There is plenty of evidence--listen to the Senate hearings of former UN weapons inspectors--most of them (two come to mind) have a very good handle on the situation and they can attest to the fact that Iraq is in fact a menace. I'm all for letting one last thourough weapons inspector in (Bush also proposed to "give peace a chance," as the song goes), but the claim that there is little or no evidence is plain wrong.