So I'm focused on this part:
"In January, he used computer software technology to extract photographs
and text messages from the source file in Martin’s cellphone. Kruidbos
was able to recover more information than the Florida Department of Law
Enforcement obtained previously."
I had to reread this article several times to resolve the relevant ethical
question for me:
1. Did he go fishing on his own to find information (i.e., similar to sysadmins
reading other's emails)?
or
2. Was he asked to extract the info as part of his official duties for the
State's Attorneys office?
It appears that it was #2, although that does not explicitly jump out from the
article.
If it had been #1, then I would say it is another faulty case of the "end
justifies the means" rationalization.
But instead it *appears* to be #2: he created a report under his official
duties at the request of superiors, and then wondered why it was not made known
to the other party. Assuming that's the case, I trust his attorney will deal
with the unclean hands of his former employer.
>________________________________
> From: Ilan Rabinovitch <[email protected]>
>To: LOPSA General Discussions <[email protected]>
>Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2013 5:23 PM
>Subject: Re: [lopsa-discuss] Seriously? No discussion of Snowden?
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>
>On a similar note, an IT Director for the State of Florida was fired
>after his own attempt as whistle-blowing. It has been a busy summer
>of Sys-Admin types in the news.
>
>http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2013-07-13/story/state-attorney-angela-corey-fires-information-techonology-director-who
>
>On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 8:39 AM, Derek Balling <[email protected]> wrote:
>> A system administrator goes off the reservation for one of the biggest
>> intelligence coups in American history, and there's no mention of it here?
>>
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