Re:The FBI Says How It ‘Legally’ Pinpointed Silk Road’s Server
by XorNot on Saturday September 06, 2014 @01:05PM
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If you've been charged with a criminal crime, you can't press a civil suit against the victim, essentially.
The point here is somewhat similar: trying to sue the FBI for unauthorized access to a server would hinge on the relative standing of that law compared to much more serious offences (i.e. conspiracy to murder being the big one) - since the case would have to come from DPR against the FBI, and would thus be subject I suspect to similar tests of standing.
Other people have made the wider point more thoroughly as well - you'd really struggle to prove wrongdoing when all that was acquired was an IP address.
The point here is somewhat similar: trying to sue the FBI for unauthorized access to a server would hinge on the relative standing of that law compared to much more serious offences (i.e. conspiracy to murder being the big one) - since the case would have to come from DPR against the FBI, and would thus be subject I suspect to similar tests of standing.
Other people have made the wider point more thoroughly as well - you'd really struggle to prove wrongdoing when all that was acquired was an IP address.