I believe you are right about the evil. My point is that it's probably bad business practice for 'us' if they help others harm us and we willingly give them control over major entry points to our country.
The UAE might be friendly towards us, but it has a sketchy history when it comes to terrorism. As mentioned, our current administration is trying to sell them 6 of our largest ports. That purchase, however, has been blocked by a 7-member bipartisan group in congress because of the country's terrorist activity. Here are some of the things they mention:
- The UAE was one of three countries in the world to recognize the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan.
- The UAE has been a key transfer point for illegal shipments of nuclear components to Iran, North Korea and Lybia.
- According to the FBI, money was transferred to the 9/11 hijackers through the UAE banking system.
- After 9/11, the Treasury Department reported that the UAE was not cooperating in efforts to track down Osama Bin Laden's bank accounts.
How are they choosing the users that get procescuted? It seems hard to believe that only 'about' three students at Boston College were sharing music on Kazaa. Are they simply targeting certain users in order to threaten the rest or are they only able to capture a few users? I echo the question, "How are they discovering the IP's?" and "How are they proving that the users didn't own the music to begin with?" If they are only targeting people who downloaded '5 songs', they're probably targeting the wrong audience.
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I believe you are right about the evil. My point is that it's probably bad business practice for 'us' if they help others harm us and we willingly give them control over major entry points to our country.
The UAE might be friendly towards us, but it has a sketchy history when it comes to terrorism. As mentioned, our current administration is trying to sell them 6 of our largest ports. That purchase, however, has been blocked by a 7-member bipartisan group in congress because of the country's terrorist activity. Here are some of the things they mention:
- The UAE was one of three countries in the world to recognize the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan.
- The UAE has been a key transfer point for illegal shipments of nuclear components to Iran, North Korea and Lybia.
- According to the FBI, money was transferred to the 9/11 hijackers through the UAE banking system.
- After 9/11, the Treasury Department reported that the UAE was not cooperating in efforts to track down Osama Bin Laden's bank accounts.
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How are they choosing the users that get procescuted? It seems hard to believe that only 'about' three students at Boston College were sharing music on Kazaa. Are they simply targeting certain users in order to threaten the rest or are they only able to capture a few users?
I echo the question, "How are they discovering the IP's?" and "How are they proving that the users didn't own the music to begin with?"
If they are only targeting people who downloaded '5 songs', they're probably targeting the wrong audience.