Adrian Lamo Surrenders

clafarge writes "Three days after Adrian Lamo was charged with hacking, he surrendered himself to marshals at the federal courthouse in Sacramento. This according to a story on the AP's LiveWire. He's accused of causing 'more than $25K damage to New York Times Co.,' and performing LexisNexis searches on his own name to the tune of $300K! I always find it interesting that so little tinkering can cause so much 'damage' (if you didn't get that wink, read the article about the nature of the 'damage'). He's in his parents' custody on $250K bail." webmaven adds links to the same AP article carried by Wired, InfoWorld, and C|Net, and points out that more coverage can be found via Google News. He writes: "Adrian negotiated the terms of his surrender, which included the charges in the warrant issued against him being disclosed."

Comments

Crimes of curiosity

[Seth Finklestein]

As a recognized cybersecurity activist, I can assure you that Lamo's actions are wholly benign and not subject to prosecution.

As you all know, and as I've written before, we live in a police state. This so-called "land of the free" imposes undue hardships on people who do not blindly accept the tyrannical rhetoric of George W. Bush, John Ashcroft, and Condoleezza Rice. Prosecuting Adrian Lamo for exploiting well-known security flaws is simply unacceptable.

What if the United States were to stop favouring corporations and go after the New York Times? After all, it is their incompetent, Microsoft-worshiping sysadmins who left the holes open in the first place.

Impeach the New York Times and Condoleezza Rice, not Adrian Lamo.

Disclosure

[SunPin]

Why was this a negotiating point and not automatic? Last time I checked, there were rights to know your accuser and the right to a speedy and public trial.

The New York Times is a fucking plagiarist rag. Just another example of those who need to litigate to shine the light away from their business going to the crapper.