Re: Declan on Bell

2000-11-11 Thread Tim May
At 11:54 AM -0800 11/11/00, Eric Cordian wrote: Declan McCullagh [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Bell was not coerced into taking the plea agreement; if anything, he seems to have more mental resources to fight the system than other defendants I have interviewed. Unless the plea agreement

Re: Declan on Bell

2000-11-11 Thread Declan McCullagh
On Sat, Nov 11, 2000 at 11:54:44AM -0800, Eric Cordian wrote: So I repeat my question. Does Jim Bell, aside from signing a statement prepared for him by the government, in order to avoid a much longer sentence, acknowlege annoying the IRS with unpleasant-smelling chemical substances? A

Re: Declan on Bell

2000-11-11 Thread Declan McCullagh
Eric, I invite folks to read the full article at: http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,40102,00.html http://www.cluebot.com/article.pl?sid=00/11/11/101218mode=nested I'm not taking a position on Bell's case. I do need to tell my readers why was locked up earlier, and that seemed a

Re: Declan on Bell

2000-11-11 Thread Greg Broiles
On Sat, Nov 11, 2000 at 09:40:34AM -0800, Eric Cordian wrote: What were the chemicals in question? Does Bell, outside of documents the government makes him sign, claim to have made the IRS doormat smell bad? If I remember correctly, the substance in question is "mercaptan", and it is used