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Terry Childs's Slow Road To Justice
snydeq writes "Deep End's Paul Venezia provides an update on the City of San Francisco's trial against IT admin Terry Childs, which — at eight weeks and counting — hasn't even seen the defense begin to present its case. The main spotlight thus far has been on the testimony of San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom. 'Many articles about this case have pounced on the fact that after Childs gave the passwords to the mayor, they couldn't immediately be used. Most of these pieces chalk this up to some kind of secondary infraction on Childs's part,' Venezia writes. 'Just because you give someone a password doesn't mean that person knows how to use it. Childs's security measures would have included access lists that blocked attempted logins from non-specified IP addresses or subnets. In short, it was nothing out of the ordinary if you know anything about network security.' But while the lack of technical expertise in the case is troubling, encouraging is the fact that the San Francisco Chronicle's 'breathless piece reporting on the mayor's testimony' drew comments 10-to-1 in Childs's favor, which may indicate that 'public opinion of this case has tilted in favor of the defense,' Venezia writes. Of course, 'if [the trial] drags into summer, Childs will have the dubious honor of being held in jail for two full years.' This for a man who 'ultimately protected the [City's] network until the bitter end.'"
Why in the world that the good guy is thrown into jail and that idiot still remains the mayor?
Is this the good old U. S. of A. that stands for Justice, Liberty and Truth?
Muchas Gracias, Señor Edward Snowden !
This is insane,isn't this the job of a sysadmin,protect the password?
Above all else,protect the password.
Just because his managerial superior demands the password,do you hand it over?
Do you give the keys to your 6000 lb. Hummer to a 9 year old because he demands them?
Your misunderstanding is no doubt due to your complete lack of familiarity with how the justice system works, but it's not nearly as bad as you assume in your ignorance. All criminal defendants have the right to a speedy trial in the US, but that right is commonly waived by the defendant in order to give himself time to prepare a defense. That's commonly done, particularly in cases such as this, where the case is technically complex, both with respect to the actions of the defendant and the law itself. Had he not done so of his own free will, the case would have been done and the trial over a long time ago, one way or another. He chose not to do that, and in the mean time, was unable or unwilling to come up with the bail required to secure his release prior to his trial, so in jail he sits. By his own choice.
ABSURDITY, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.
Why is it that noone can seem to find the password policy?
here is what I posted to the last article on this subject to the same comment...
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1478382&cid=30445290
The policy is quite clear when you read it, and Terry followed it correctly.
APK likes to ask for responses to the same things over and over. Maybe he just likes the responses?