Fraud & Libel (Was: USS Liberty)
January 2nd, 2009 From
>From: Tracy Johnson
>To: “‘Mahan-L'”
>Subject: RE: Fraud & Libel (Was: USS Liberty)
>Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 14:17:54 -0700
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>Sender: mahan-owner@microworks.net
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>Speaking of such matters I had an incident which happened to me last March
>in which someone impersonated my e-mail address on a list-server and
>started sending things in my name. The things he sent were of a sexual
>nature.
>
>The list moderator helped me fish out who the perpetrator was and was able
>to stop it at the user’s ISP and Administrative levels.
>
>However I also reported this to the FBI and I was told that there is
>nothing they can do unless it involves a threat to National Security or it
>is Kiddie Porn. In other words anything else said on Internet e-mail is
>”unprosecutable.”
>
>Seeing how your problem isn’t e-mail oriented, but rather a WEB site might
>make it different, but not much. Taking it to the university seems to be
>the same approach I took, which cut it off administratively, but justice
>isn’t really resolved, is it?