Man's life Over, Cops Decide He Watched Child Porn in First Class

Do you have the right to encrypt a computer that you do not own? I dont think you do.

Now shutting down any of my or my wife computers would means that they could not be access again without my or my wife aid.

They could keep the laptop but is would be completely worthless to them as the hard drive by any known test would just be full with random digits.

It is not "normal young girl behavior" for young girls to kiss each other and touch each other's bodies--particularly when it is being photographed by an adult and distributed as erotica for sexual arrousal. That sort of behavior is much more typical of children who have been sexually abused.

we have no idea what these girls were doing,

who filmed it,

why it was filmed,

or why Smith was watching it.

So, your wife has child pornography on her computer too?

Love the idea that anyone with security on their computers must be into child porn trading.

Oh the ownership of the hardware does no matter on the issue of if it can be read once WDE had been put into place nor can I see how it would effect his 5 amendment rights not to give up the keys.

What about my work computer?

A: It depends. Generally, you have some Fourth Amendment protection in your office or workspace.18 This means the police need a warrant to search your office and work computer unless one of the exceptions described above applies. But the extent of Fourth Amendment protection depends on the physical details of your work environment, as well as any employer policies. For example, the police will have difficulty justifying a warrantless search of a private office with doors and a lock and a private computer that you have exclusive access to. On the other hand, if you share a computer with other co-workers, you will have a weaker expectation of privacy in that computer, and thus less Fourth Amendment protection.19 However, be aware that your employer can consent to a police request to search an office or workspace.20 Moreover, if you work for a public entity or government agency, no warrant is required to search your computer or office as long as the search is for a non-investigative, work-related matter.21

Well any lawyer who file such a suit may be in trouble with his state bar and he would know filing such a claim would be a pointless exercise so that seems off hand a good shield from such suits.

There are a lot of non-lawyer litigants out there, who do not feel the constraints of Rule 11. (Google it.)

Assistant District Attorney Erik Bennett said.

The flight attendant also saw him looking at the images and asked him to turn off his computer, Bennett said.

The passenger emailed his son and asked him to contact police, he said.

When the flight landed, state troopers asked to see Smith’s laptop, and he consented, saying it had been bought with a research grant through the University of Utah, where he is a professor of engineering, Bennett said.

On it, troopers found dozens of images of children as young as 5 in a state of nudity or engaged in sex acts with men, he said

But, there is no cause to plaster it over the news, and name a person, until 100% confirmed that was factual.

In my opinion

Seem that you wish to be allow to make a legal claim as a non-lawyer such as the passenger can be sue for reporting what he think is a crime but only a lawyer can challenge your clearly false information.

Quote:

"The notion that someone would be so bold as to view it in public is extraordinary, and I'm not sure what the explanation is," Wendy Murphy, identified by WCVB as an attorney and victim's advocate, says to the station.

As for the passenger who is reported to have videotaped the alleged crime, Murphy tells WCVB:

Someone who not only sees it but is smart enough to take a picture of it is very solid evidence. Reporting it immediately to law enforcement, law enforcement then being able to do their own immediate investigation -- that's a very strong case -- at least at this point.
http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/post/2011/11/flight-child-porn-arrest/573281/1

If this man's life is over, because his computer contained child pornography, he's done it to himself. Stop blaming the citizen who reported him, and the cops who arrested him, and the government that will prosecute him if he's violated the laws. He's responsible for his own actions and the consequences of those actions.

I note that some reports claim that he was looking at pics of girls only, we dont even have established that any girl on girl action of any type happened.

Anyone who demands to know the exact nature of the evidence against a allege child pornographer before claiming that he is a bad guy must be a sicko who likes to watch child porn

Craig Charles, star of comedy sci-fi series Red Dwarf was wrongly accused of rape, and spent three months on remand. He was completely exonerated