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Re: Man jailed for parole violations after refusing to decrypt his Tor node

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Federal cases are generally at least partially unsealed once the defendant is arrested. Especially since the charge is supposedly workplace related not terrorism etc, then someone should be able to pull the case in PACER and at least find out the basic details.

Re: Man jailed for parole violations after refusing to decrypt his Tor node

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3 years of pretrial detention for anything less than blowing up a building should be enough to enrage anyone. Even then, the legal system would be a failure. How is 3 years pretrial not blatantly unconstitutional and thrown out immediately?

Ah, you must be new here. All kidding aside, the "Global War on Terror" was the impetus for all of the surveillance and associated persecution of innocents without due process. Always disappointed, never surprised.

Re: Man jailed for parole violations after refusing to decrypt his Tor node

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Taking OP at her word, this is a horrific tale of extra-judicial abuse of an individual for refusing to cooperate with the DoJ on a matter of digital privacy. The OP wants story amplification, but to what end? The DoJ, controlled by Trump and Pam Bondi, probably think this person is getting away lightly with only a severe head wound and a comfy 3-year stay in county jail. A trial isn't necessary cops know who's bad, after all. There is already so much outrage directed at them about many other, larger scale issues, that they not only don't bend to but seem to actively feed off of it. I'm sorry to sound so hopeless, but no, there is no hope that someone elected specifically for his lack of empathy, lack of respect for rule-of-law and lack of self-restraint would ever be swayed by this story, no matter how much it is amplified. Your best bet is to fabricate a story that your husband is a fervent Trump supporter being unfairly targeted by rogue, Biden-loving elements of the FBI and an Obama appointed district judge.

We voted for this, the time to fix the problem was last November, and now we have to live with the results. It's also why I, and anyone else who values their freedom, their career, their family, needs to post such sentiment anonymously. It is NOT safe to criticize this administration.

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