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Re:Data Engineer in Google Case Is Identified - author of Ne... by ok_craig on Tuesday May 01, 2012 @01:07AM (#3913103)
The public doesn't have the right to know, since no law was broken. The engineer was identified by a "former state investigator [who] spoke on the condition that he not be identified because he was not authorized to speak."
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Re:Data Engineer in Google Case Is Identified - author of Ne... by whackberry on Tuesday May 01, 2012 @01:38AM (#3913169)
> no law was broken.

We don't know that yet, do we?

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Re:Data Engineer in Google Case Is Identified - author of Ne... by ok_craig on Tuesday May 01, 2012 @01:59AM (#3913229)
Yes we do, it's in the second paragraph of the article.

"The F.C.C. recently closed its 17-month inquiry into the project, Street View, with a finding that Google broke no laws but had obstructed its investigation."

Even if we didn't, that's also a reason for not disclosing this person's identity: innocent until proven guilty.

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Re:Data Engineer in Google Case Is Identified - author of Ne... by whackberry on Tuesday May 01, 2012 @02:09AM (#3913247)
Fair point, I stand corrected.
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