Zev Porat

Friday, August 2, 2013

Did Obama break law to win re-election?

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Former Homeland Security attorney exposes shrewd maneuver

Did Barack Obama win re-election by violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act?
This is the question posed by former Homeland Security attorney Stewart Baker, a blogger for The Volokh Conspiracy, a group blog organized by Eugene Volokh, a professor of American law at the UCLA School of Law.

Baker’s credentials make the question a serious one.
A partner in the Washington office of Steptoe & Johnson LLP, he returned to private law practice after serving for three and a half years as the assistant secretary for policy at the Department of Homeland Security, where he created and managed the 250-person DHS Policy Directorate responsible, among other duties, for relationships with law enforcement and public advisory committees.
The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, enacted by Congress in 1986, is a broadly written law that in practice regulates virtually all computers and cellphones, largely because communications over the Internet tends to have implications for interstate commerce.

 http://www.wnd.com/2013/08/did-obama-break-law-to-win-re-election-2/

1 comment:

  1. The Volokh Conspiracy now saying no/probably no violations: http://www.volokh.com/2013/08/01/obama-probably-did-not-win-the-2012-election-by-violating-the-computer-fraud-and-abuse-act/

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