Comments on: Ashcroft on the Telcos’ Get-Out-Of-Jail Free Card http://techliberation.com/2007/11/05/ashcroft-on-the-telcos-get-out-of-jail-free-card/ The Technology Liberation Front is the tech policy blog dedicated to keeping politicians' hands off the 'net and everything else related to technology. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:00:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: DJH http://techliberation.com/2007/11/05/ashcroft-on-the-telcos-get-out-of-jail-free-card/#comment-39755 DJH Tue, 06 Nov 2007 03:34:13 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/11/05/ashcroft-on-the-telcos-get-out-of-jail-free-card/#comment-39755 "The public officials in question might be right or wrong about the advisability or legality of what they are doing, but it is their responsibility, not the company’s, to deal with the consequences if they are wrong." <p> Is this not similar to the "I was just following orders" line of defense?</p> “The public officials in question might be right or wrong about the advisability or legality of what they are doing, but it is their responsibility, not the company’s, to deal with the consequences if they are wrong.”

Is this not similar to the “I was just following orders” line of defense?

]]> By: DJH http://techliberation.com/2007/11/05/ashcroft-on-the-telcos-get-out-of-jail-free-card/#comment-45300 DJH Tue, 06 Nov 2007 03:34:13 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/11/05/ashcroft-on-the-telcos-get-out-of-jail-free-card/#comment-45300 "The public officials in question might be right or wrong about the advisability or legality of what they are doing, but it is their responsibility, not the company’s, to deal with the consequences if they are wrong." <p><br>Is this not similar to the "I was just following orders" line of defense?</p> “The public officials in question might be right or wrong about the advisability or legality of what they are doing, but it is their responsibility, not the company’s, to deal with the consequences if they are wrong.”

Is this not similar to the “I was just following orders” line of defense?

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