[aklug] Re: Veryvery Off-Topic: Terry Childs jury reached verdict

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On 04/29/2010 01:19 PM, Lee wrote:
> This is the case of the SF netadmin that refused to give valid 'keys to the kingdom'
> passwords to a room full of random people, including some on speakerphone and police
> waiting outside.
>
> http://www.ktvu.com/news/23283217/detail.html
> http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/04/28/BA4V1D5Q22.DTL&type=printable
>
> Besides the usual slashdot commentary dreck, there's also some discussion and Q&A by
> someone who alleges he was on the jury:
>
> http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/04/27/2245223/Terry-Childs-Found-Guilty?art_pos=17&art_pos=17
>
> One of the more disturbing comments is out of the sfgate link:
>
> "The jury deliberated for several days before a lone holdout against conviction was
> removed from the panel, for reasons that were not disclosed. After an alternate was put
> in that juror's place, the panel started over and reached a decision in a matter of hours."
>
> Anyway,
>
> I'm not sure what I think about this, except that it was just a huge tragedy of bonehead
> errors by all involved, including Mr. Childs. But the greater errors were by everyone
> else, of which only Mr. Childs is and will be punished.
>
> A couple of points that need clarifying
>
> 1. Apparently Mr. Childs was still employed by the City at the time of these events.
> Lots of writeups had these events happening after his dismissal.
>
> 2. Mr. Childs first lied and gave 'erroneous' passwords, instead of just refusing
> outright as has otherwise been reported.
>
> 3. The CSF administration did not follow their own procedures from start to finish, and
> indeed the on-sites showed they didn't have a clue (or didn't care) what those were.
>
> My own take: Mr. Childs deliberately turned it into a pissing contest and so caused a
> lot of his own grief. Indeed, there is some evidence that Mr. Childs followed written
> policy, but with some malice aforethought. But if the CSF management had had an effin
> brain between them, this would have just been another bad day at work, and Mr. Childs
> would be working somewhere else. Me, as soon as I saw the police and HR, I'd have
> insisted on having my attorney draft up a release. If that was not doable...well, I'd
> have cobbled one up right there, had everyone there sign and date it, and hoped for the
> best then gone straight for the attorney. But hopefully I'd be smart enough and aware
> enough of the political situations not to find myself in that position in the first place.
>
> Anyway, I'd be interested in the take on some of you folks with 'keys to the kingdom'
> access and responsibilities. Feel free to reply off list.
>
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Is this really off-topic? I'm not familiar with the case, but I read
through the ktvu link. It sounds like an interesting subject: legal
ramifications of password sharing and permissions hierarchies. As
someone at the beginning of his I.T. career, I'd be interested to hear
the comments of people on this list.

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