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Accused Rogue Admin Terry Childs Makes His Case
angry tapir writes "He's been in jail for seven months now, but former San Francisco network administrator Terry Childs says he's going to keep fighting to prove he's innocent of computer crime charges. Childs was arrested on July 12, charged with disrupting the City of San Francisco's Wide Area Network during a tense standoff with management. Infoworld has also conducted an interview with Childs."
he couldnt record it nor talk about the trial... not much you can do with 30 minutes
CQ or Cadit Quaestio means "the spelling (or the simple fact) has been checked and double checked", so there's no need to check it again. As it was editorial markup, it should not have appeared in the published version of the story.
If something you mark as CQ later turns out to be wrong (because you haven't bothered to check), well that's egg on your face, isn't it?
Not only does the guy sound sane, it sounds as though he's got grounds to sue the folks who are trying to prosecute him. TFA suggests these incompetents were upset to find (1) a modem that had been in the admin's office since before he started working there, and (2) a modem set up to page him on any problems, and (3) a modem set up to handle emergencies.
Obviously, this was not handled well by either side, but I'm inclined to believe the guy in jail over the clearly incompetent managers.
Bail in this case is $5,000,000. A bail bond would cost $500,000.
So much for the Eighth Amendment.
Oh, and bail is refunded if you show up for court.
Not necessarily. I was arrested on a completely made-up charge a couple of years ago, and at the end of it all they kept 10% of my bail for no other reason than profit. It wasn't very much money compared to what I spent defending myself, or having to change jobs because of what the arrest did to my security clearance, but it still pissed me off.
On TV, the cops always interview the accused, to try to ascertain if they've got the right guy. Not necessarily so in real life. Never once did a police officer or prosecutor ever talk to me or look at the copious evidence I gathered in my defense. As far as their interaction with me, the process consisted of them showing up at my door at night with cuffs, then finally dropping the charges on the morning of the jury trial when the prosecutor realized they didn't have anything.
According to Mr. Childs, the passwords were requested by his skip-skip-level boss, 2 HR people, and an unknown number of people listening in via speakerphone in an unscheduled meeting he was pulled into while onsite at one of the office locations. A Police detective was also standing by.
I can only hope the true story of what happens here comes out eventually.. but that is unlikely.
-e.g.
You are an idiot. I suppose his landlord (if he rents) is just going to waive his rent? His insurance company isn't going to want their money? The rest of the world doesn't care why he isn't working. He still has bills that will need to be paid. His lawyer is undoubtably sending him bills as well.