Daily Archives: January 24, 2012

Fifth Amendment and an Encrypted Hard Disk

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I previously linked to an article about a Federal Court case regarding a prosecutor’s ability to force you to give up the password needed to decrypt a hard disk. The defendant in the case, accused of bank fraud, argued that … Continue reading →

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Haiku of the Union

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State of the Union: No length specified, so here- Haikus for POTUS ———————————- The economy Stimulus, Taxes, Growth, Jobs Green energy good ———————————- Foreign policy bin Laden dead, Iran bad Watching China close ———————————- My Americans, State of Union is … Continue reading →

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Short would be sweet

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Fun fact: The Constitution requires that the President give information to the Congress about the “State of the Union,” but doesn’t specify a length, format or periodicity - for a little more than a century, the address was written by the President … Continue reading →

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