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Feds Enter Blackberry Fray

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the say-it-ain't-so dept.

Rick Zeman writes "Blackberry addicted US Feds have entered into the patent dispute between Canadian company Research in Motion and US patent-holders NTP. From the article: 'The Justice Department has filed a legal brief in a patent dispute, asking a federal court to delay any immediate shutdown of the popular wireless e-mail system to ensure that state and federal workers can continue to use their devices.' Apparently 10% of US Blackberry users are government users."

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  1. A crime. Impeachment in order. by CDPatten · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It really is a crime that the head of the legal system in this country is asking that the law be broken for a period of time. I am so irritated I'm practically speechless. The DOJ is so out of line here.

    The law is the law is the law! I (honestly) believe we should move to impeach AT Alberto R. Gonzales. Any attorney general that abuses their power by trying to directly influence the legal system to delay their inconvenience should not be the head of our nation's law enforcement.

    If we (as citizens) don't move to stop these types of injustices from our government, we will be no different then one of the war-lord run nations of Africa. This is a slippery slope, and make no mistake, this IS precedent setting.

  2. Re:US Government dependence of foreign corporation by Agarax · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The UN is a waste of taxpayer dollars and SHOULD be gotten rid of.

    They should get the hell out of NY and go back to the League of Nation's building in Geneva, might give them something to look up to.

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