TJX Hacker Claims US Authorized His Crimes 159
doperative writes "Convicted hacker Albert Gonzalez is asking a federal judge to throw out his earlier guilty pleas and lift his record-breaking 20-year prison sentence, on allegations that the government authorized his years-long crime spree. From the article: 'The government has acknowledged that Gonzalez was a key undercover Secret Service informant at the time of the breaches. Now, in a March 24 habeas corpus petition filed in the US District Court in Massachusetts, Gonzalez asserts that the Secret Service authorized him to commit the crimes. “I still believe that I was acting on behalf of the United States Secret Service and that I was authorized and directed to engage in the conduct I committed as part of my assignment to gather intelligence and seek out international cyber criminals,” he wrote. “I now know and understand that I have been used as a scapegoat to cover someone’s mistakes.”'"
Re:It's illegal... (Score:4, Informative)
Yes but perhaps his sentence will be taken into consideration considering these new facts (if they are true). That is why these sentences have a range of penalties...
Re:almighty; rebates, bailouts coming, giving back (Score:4, Informative)
No, you're wrong.
It's the Illuminati bringing back The Old Ones to immanentize the eschaton.
The sarcrifices will begin after midnight, right after the American Medical Association band does its third encore.
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BMO