Virginia Authorities Abuse Computer Fraud Laws to Prosecute Leakers of Fatal Air Crash Footage
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Summary
Virginia investigators aggressively pursued criminal charges against individuals who leaked footage of a fatal Army helicopter-passenger plane collision over the Potomac River to CNN, using computer fraud laws in ways that appear to abuse the legal system. While the FAA focused on the actual crash investigation that killed 67 people, local authorities prioritized punishing the leakers rather than addressing the public interest in understanding the tragedy.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledlocal investigators in Virginia were somehow far more concerned about identifying who had leaked footage of the collision to CNN
The subject matter of the leaked recordings was obviously of public interest
the government may have its own inte
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