DNS Records And Conspiracy Law
Here’s a useful clarification of an important (and basic) legal point involving the prosecution of conspiracies.
A twitter follower over at Doc SWC raises a pertinent question—which SWC answers. DNS records are non-public. But is it a crime to spy on them, i.e., capture them, and use them for whatever purpose you desire? Probably not but, says SWC, that’s not the real point. If the capture of the DNS records is part of the larger conspiracy—and, IMO, there’s no real doubt of that—then that activity becomes one of those overt acts (not necessarily criminal in and of itself) that extends the date at which the Statute of Limitations starts to run on the conspiracy charge. I hasten to add that the possibility remains that there are other such overt acts that we don’t yet know about.
The possibility remains, of course, that at least some of these particular DNS records were classified. Possibly, but I don’t know. If they were then you probably have the foundation for an additional charge, but the main point for now remains. The SoL is extended.
As I was saying, for now I’m going with the second alternative:
And this:
Well, she could always start floating the idea of another Prez campaign. But how many times can you go to that well?
Knowing HRC's personality, history, and utter lack of shame, I would suspect her answer to that question is "As many times as I need to."
How many vans would she have to be thrown into like a side of beef if she tried to campaign for a year plus? One imagines a video of a pantsuited sociopath being tossed into one van after another at campaign stop after campaign stop, each summary exit from the scene in time with a dramatic beat from Tchaikovsky's 1812 overture.