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[IP] Windows Wireless Flaw a Danger to Laptops





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From: Stanton McCandlish <smccandlish@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: January 15, 2006 4:32:53 PM EST
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx, ip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [IP] Windows Wireless Flaw a Danger to Laptops

Loveless said he
believes that since the attacks were mostly carried while the plane
was over international waters that U.S. law enforcement might have
a hard time making the case that he was violating any laws. The
real answer to that very interesting question, he said, would
probably not be evident until someone gets sued in court for it.

There's a very extensive body of caselaw, US and otherwise, holding
that air and sea vessels are effectively the sovereign territory of the
country from which they originate / in which they are registered, for
the purposes of law enforcement when it comes to international waters
and airspace.  E.g., you can't avoid U.S. prosecution for murder by
waiting until you're outside U.S. airspace or waters to kill someone on
a U.S Airways flight or a Carnival Cruise ship.  Sorry.


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