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Andrew Auernheimer, aka Weev the grayhat security researcher and Internet antiblog troll was convicted for exposing a flaw in AT&T security which allowed the e-mail addresses of iPad users to be revealed.
The conviction was vacated Friday (2014/04/11) on the grounds of improper choice of venue, but the court commented anyway that "no evidence was advanced at trial" that "any password gate or other code-based barrier" was breached.The defendant's attorney, Hanni Fakhoury, a staff attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, said in an e-mail that a "retrial is barred by double jeopardy." If the authorities do seek a second trial, he said, "we will raise precisely that."
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Weev's Conviction Vacated by 3rd Circuit
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The best thing that comes out of Iowa is I-80.
(Score: 1) by opinionated_science on Saturday April 12 2014, @11:19PM
google monty python blackmail, it is inspired farce for the modern age....!
(Score: 1) by Horse With Stripes on Saturday April 12 2014, @11:46PM
I can see the similarities ... and the potential for prosecutorial abuse ... all with lights, camera and a nude organist. Combine this with the "someone can sing about dancing talent" call in voting shows and I think we've got a winner. Add a cage match between Judge Judy & Nancy Grace, and they won't even need Ryan Seacrest.
BTW, I found two different versions of the skit on YouTube. They used the same script (except for the identity of the caller at the end), but were shot on different stages, used some different actors, and had different pictures & film footage. Both needed to burn the organist's bench.