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Peter Adekeye Freed, Judge Outraged At Cisco's Involvement

puppetman writes "Ars Technica has an article relating the recent release of Peter Adekeye, a former Cisco employee who was arrested in Canada on trumped-up charges that appear to have been fabricated by Cisco. Slashdot covered the story back in April, 2011, during which time Mr Adekeye was still being detained. In the ruling, the judge squashed the US extradition request, rebuked both the Canadian and American authorities for 'an appalling abuse of process,' and goes as far as to say that the criminal proceeding was launched on behalf of Cisco, to mirror the civil proceedings that Mr Adekeye had launched against the powerful Cisco." The full judgement (PDF) is quite readable and damning.

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  1. Re:Yay. by ObsessiveMathsFreak · · Score: 4, Funny

    They will be fined, possibly up to hundreds of thousands of dollars. What greater deterrent could there be?

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  2. Re:End of America by genner · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is just another sad statement showing the "End of America" and the dream it was, under Bush/Cheney civil liberties became secondary and Obama/Biden has done nothing to restore justice. If we in the US isn't careful we'll start blaming our countries problems on the poor/sick/gay, which is only one step away from rounding up groups and shipping them off in rail cars.

    Effective use of mass transit in this counry. I don't think so.

  3. Re:End of America by NoNonAlphaCharsHere · · Score: 4, Funny

    Have you ever noticed the "WHOOSH"ing sound mass transit vehicles make?

  4. My favorite comments about Cisco by gstrickler · · Score: 3, Funny

    Cisco - you can buy better, but you can't pay more.

    Highway sign - US Interstate 70 in Utah, exit 214 says:

    Cisco

    No Services

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  5. Re:Yay. by macshit · · Score: 4, Funny

    Corporate Death Penalty and Billion Dollars in Penalties, arresting all senior officers and the Board of Directors. The Buck stops THERE.

    But, but, but... shareholders!

    Ok, arrest them too.

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  6. Re:Yay. by Lazy+Jones · · Score: 4, Funny

    Let's see how the US handles this.

    Chances are, they will probably bomb Nigeria ...

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