Then they would need access to the images and not just knowledge of the hashes.

If they're going to ignore that pesky 'staying within the law' step they might as well just lock him up indefinitely right now.

They're staying within the law -- the defendant being in violation of the law is why an order to comply was filed and why we have access to the court of appeals document.

If you don't like the process, that's a different conversation.

Eighteen months without a charge. I think they're way ahead of you. IMO, they've already abrogated his 6th-Amendment right to a speedy trial as well.

There are a lot of things that waive the speedy trial right. If a defendant files pretty much any kind of motion, the speedy trial timeframe goes out the window.

That's actually where I was going with that - maybe I should have put that /s or ;) at the end of the post after all. :)