Comment Mitnick is not a Hero, he's a Criminal (Score 1) 156
On the point that Mitnick stole credit card numbers, he copied a file from AOL with registration and password information, which included credit card numbers. He never used those numbers for any fraudulent purposes.
As for seperating the prosecution of law from politics, that is an impossible idea. Laws are written by politicians. People sometimes break what they percieve to be bad laws to make a political point. They look to the courts to address their greivances with the law. The judicial branch of government provides a check and balance to the powers of the legislative branch.
I find your inclusion of Bill Clinton as an example of someone being treated less harshly because of politics. Many would argue that his "crimes" were so slight that no regular person would have been prosecuted for them. It was only because he was a political figure with political enemies that he was treated so harshly.
Mitnick is in a similiar situation. A person who committed comparable crimes, but did not get profiled in a NY Times front page article, would not get such a severe punishment. Maybe the law should be prosecuted evenly and impartially. A radical idea, I know...
As for seperating the prosecution of law from politics, that is an impossible idea. Laws are written by politicians. People sometimes break what they percieve to be bad laws to make a political point. They look to the courts to address their greivances with the law. The judicial branch of government provides a check and balance to the powers of the legislative branch.
I find your inclusion of Bill Clinton as an example of someone being treated less harshly because of politics. Many would argue that his "crimes" were so slight that no regular person would have been prosecuted for them. It was only because he was a political figure with political enemies that he was treated so harshly.
Mitnick is in a similiar situation. A person who committed comparable crimes, but did not get profiled in a NY Times front page article, would not get such a severe punishment. Maybe the law should be prosecuted evenly and impartially. A radical idea, I know...
